Mark 7:3
World English Bible (WEB)
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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 Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4 They don’t 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, bronze vessels, and couches.)
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
Mark 7:3 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- (For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
- KJV King James Version
- For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
- ASV American Standard Version
- (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,
- DBY Darby Translation
- (for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;
- WBS Webster Bible
- For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.