Mark 7:3

7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, ¹  holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

Mark 7:5

7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat ²  with unwashed hands?”

Mark 7:13

7:13 Thus you nullify ³  the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

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¹ tn Grk “except they wash the hands with a fist,” a ceremonial washing (though the actual method is uncertain).

² tn Grk “eat bread.”

³ tn Grk “nullifying.” This participle shows the results of the Pharisees’ command.