Mark 7:5

5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to 1the tradition of 2the elders, 3but eat with 4defiled hands?"

Mark 7:5 In-Context

3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,
4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"
6 And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

Cross References 4

  • 1. [See ver. 3 above]
  • 2. [See ver. 3 above]
  • 3. Luke 11:38
  • 4. [See ver. 2 above]
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