When the Pharisee saw this, he was surprised that Jesus had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.
Now when Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.
Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in and reclined at the table.
Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purification.