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Breaking Human Traditions

Now[a] the Pharisees[b] and some of the experts in the law[c] who came from Jerusalem gathered around him. And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples[d] ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:1 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
  2. Mark 7:1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.
  3. Mark 7:1 tn Or “and some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
  4. Mark 7:2 tn Grk “his disciples.”

That Which Defiles(A)

The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled,(B) that is, unwashed.

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