Mat 15:2-3, Mar 7:2-5, Joh 3:25 | ESV | STEP | Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders ? For they do not wash their hands when they eat .

l[See ver. 3 above]

m[See ver. 3 above]

o[See ver. 2 above]

Matthew 15:2-3

2 ^a“Why do your disciples break ^bthe tradition of the elders? ^cFor they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

Mark 7:2-5

2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were ^ddefiled, that is, unwashed. 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 ^fthe tradition of ^gthe 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 ⁱthe washing of ^jcups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit and dining couches}) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to ^lthe tradition of ^mthe elders, ⁿbut eat with ^odefiled hands?”

John 3:25

25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over ^ppurification.