Mark 7:2

And seeing some of his disciples eating bread with defiled (that is, unwashen) hands, they found fault.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

In Context

1AND there come together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.

3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they carefully wash their hands, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.

Acts 10:28And he said to them: Ye know that it is unlawful[10:28] for a Jew to keep company with, or come to, one of another nation; but God showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Romans 14:14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; but to him that accounts anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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