Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
KJV
οἱ γὰρ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐὰν μὴ πυκνὰ νίψωνται τὰς χεῖρας οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν, κρατοῦντες τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων,
Greek NT
Pharisæi enim, et omnes Judæi, nisi crebro laverint manus, non manducant, tenentes traditionem seniorum :
Vulgate
(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;
ASV
For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…
Cross-references
- Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- Col 2:21 — (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
- Gal 1:14 — And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
- Mark 7:8 — For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
- Mark 7:9 — And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
- Mark 7:13 — Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- Mark 7:13 — Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- Matt 15:20 — These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.