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Mark 7:2-5 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

2. And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them.

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

4. 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.

5. 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?"