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Mark 7:1-5

Mark 7:1-5 CSB

The  Pharisees  and some of the scribes  who had come from Jerusalem  gathered around him. They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean   #— #that is, unwashed #— #hands. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace,  they do not eat unless they have washed.  And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and dining couches.  , ) So the Pharisees  and the scribes  asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live  according to the tradition of the elders,  instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean  hands? ”