Mark 7:2-4

2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with ¹impure hands, that is, unwashed.

3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless * they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the ²traditions of the elders;

4 and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless * they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of ³cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 15:2; Mark 7:5; Luke 11:38; Acts 10:14, 28; Acts 11:8; Romans 14:14; Hebrews 10:29; Revelation 21:27
• 2. Mark 7:5, 8, 9, 13; Galatians 1:14
• 3. Matthew 23:25

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "with the fist"
• [b] Or "sprinkle"
• [c] Lit "baptizing"