⁵And the Pharisees and the scribes ^*asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the ^atradition of the elders, but eat their bread with ^bdefiled hands?”

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Footnotes

*Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.

Cross references

a Mark 7:3, 8, 9, 13; Gal 1:14
b Mark 7:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean hands?”

NLTNew Living Translation

So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

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