Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders. "
— Mark 7:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.”
“(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders; ”
“(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.”
“(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.”
“For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients.”
“Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:”
“For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.”
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him.
And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds.
And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?”
But in response, he said to them: “So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.