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.


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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:3(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3for 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.