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Mark 7:2
Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
Mark 7:2 · New Heart English Bible
Mark 7:2 in other translations
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
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In context
1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Judeans, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4 They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, and bronze vessels.)
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
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