² “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”^(A)

³ (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.^(A)

³⁹ Then the Lord^(A) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.^(B)

²⁵ An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.^(A)