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Mark 7:1–2

Pharisees and Defilement

Matt. 15:1–20

7 Then athe Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. Now 1when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with bunwashed hands, 2they found fault.

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Mark 7:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

Mark 7:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

Mark 7:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

Mark 7:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

One day some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They noticed that some of his disciples failed to follow the Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.

Mark 7:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

When some Pharisees and some teachers of the law came from Jerusalem, they gathered around Jesus. They saw that some of Jesus’ followers ate food with hands that were not clean, that is, they hadn’t washed them.

Mark 7:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

Mark 7:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him, and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,

Mark 7:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Pharisees and some experts in Moses’ Teachings who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. They saw that some of his disciples were uncleanbecause they ate without washing their hands. 

Mark 7:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him. They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean —that is, unwashed—hands.

Mark 7:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.

Mark 7:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him. And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.

Mark 7:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Pharisees gathered around Jesus. So did some of the teachers of the law. All of them had come from Jerusalem. They saw some of his disciples eating food with “unclean” hands. That means they were not washed.

Mark 7:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.


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