Mat 15:2, Mar 7:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders ? For they do not wash their hands when they eat .

Matthew 15:2

2 ^a“Why do your disciples break ^bthe tradition of the elders? ^cFor they do not wash their hands when they eat.”

Mark 7:3-4

3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, ^{▼▼Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing} holding to ^ethe tradition of ^fthe elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. ^{▼▼Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves} And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as ^hthe washing of ⁱcups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit and dining couches})