2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.


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.)

Mark 7:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:2saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:2And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:2and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:2and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:2and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:2And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled (that is to say with unwashed) hands, they found fault.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:2and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands — that is, unwashed — eating bread, they found fault;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they found fault.