Mark 7:3
For all the Jihudoyee and Pharishee, unless they carefully wash their hands, do not eat, because they hold the tradition of the elders;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2and they saw some of his disciples eating bread with their hands not washed; and they complained.
Cross References
Mark 7:5And the Sophree and Pharishee questioned him, Why do not your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders; but, while their hands are not washed, eat bread?
Mark 7:13But you reject the word of Aloha for the sake of the tradition which you have delivered: and many similar (observances) to these you practise.
Colossians 2:8Beware lest any man strip you by philosophy and by vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, and according to the principles of the world, and not according to the Meshiha,
1 Peter 1:18while you know that not with silver which wasteth away, nor with gold, you have been redeemed from your vain works which you received 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 →