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(A)“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?[a] They do not wash [their] hands when they eat a meal.”

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  1. 15:2 The tradition of the elders: see note on Mk 7:5. The purpose of the handwashing was to remove defilement caused by contact with what was ritually unclean.

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

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