Mark 7:5 meaning and explanation
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
Mark 7:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem are questioning Jesus directly. Their concern is not hygiene but the tradition of the elders, the oral customs that had grown up around the written Law and that governed daily life, including ceremonial hand washing before eating.
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