Mark 7:1-3

That Which Defiles

1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Acts 10:14,28; Acts 11:8; Romans 14:14
  • 2. ver 5,8,9,13; Luke 11:38
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