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The Tradition of the Elders

Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands,[a] observing the tradition of the elders;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:3 One Greek word is of uncertain meaning and is not translated
  2. 7.3 Mark, writing for Gentiles, explains these Jewish customs.

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