Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
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Mark 7:2 in context
Mark 7:1–5
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Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
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The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
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