Mark 7:1-5 ▼

1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered to Him after they came from Jerusalem,

2 and saw that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unholy hands, that is, unwashed.

3 (For the Pharisees and all the other Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thereby holding firmly to the tradition of the elders;

4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they completely cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received as traditions to firmly hold, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, and copper pots.)

5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unholy hands?”