Mark 7:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ (For the Pharisees and all Jewish people do not eat unless they wash their hands up to the elbow, keeping the tradition of the elders.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless [merely for ceremonial reasons] they wash their hands [diligently up to the elbow] with clenched fist, adhering [carefully and faithfully] to the tradition of [practices and customs handed down to them by] their forefathers [to be observed].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ The Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat without first washing their hands carefully. This is a way of observing the rules handed down by the elders.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Mark 7:3 Cross References

Mark 7:13

making void the word of God with your tradition that you’ve handed down. And you do many such things.”

Mark 7:5

The Pharisees and Torah scholars questioned Yeshua, “Why don’t Your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders? Why do they eat bread with unwashed hands?”

Luke 11:38

But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Yeshua did not do the ritual handwashing before the meal.

John 2:6

Now there were six stone jars, used for the Jewish ritual of purification, each holding two to three measures.

Galatians 1:14

I was even advancing within Judaism beyond many my own age among my people, being a more extreme observer of my fathers’ traditions.

Colossians 2:8

See that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men and the basic principles of the world rather than Messiah.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors—not with perishable things such as silver or gold,