Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, because they hold to the tradition of the elders.

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

In Context

2They saw that some of his disciples ate bread with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

4When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves, and they hold fast to many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pots, copper vessels, and the couches upon which they eat.)

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Cross References

Mark 7:5The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, for they eat their bread with unwashed hands?”

Mark 7:13You are making the commandment of God void by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do.”

Colossians 2:8See that no one captures you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, conforming to the elements of the world, and not conforming to Christ.

1 Peter 1:18You know that it was not with perishable silver or gold that you have been redeemed from the foolish behavior that you learned from your fathers.

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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