Mark 7:3 Parallel Translations

(The Pharisees, like all other Jewish people, don't eat unless they have properly washed their hands. They follow the traditions of their ancestors.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

ASV:

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

BBE:

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

DBY:

(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;

ERV:

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders:

WEY:

WBS:

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

WEB:

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

YLT:

for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

Mark 7:3 Cross References

XREF:

Mark 7:5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?"

Mark 7:8 "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."

Galatians 1:14 and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, {c} holding the tradition of the elders.
(c) Observing diligently.

PNT:

7:3 Except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not. The duty of washing before meals is not inculcated in the law, but only in the tradition of the scribes. So rigidly did the Jews observe it, that Rabbi Akiba, being imprisoned, and having water scarcely sufficient to sustain life given him, preferred dying of thirst to eating without washing his hands.
Tradition of the elders. See PNT Mt 15:2.

MHC:

7:1-13 One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear that it is the duty of children, if their parents are poor, to relieve them as far as they are able; and if children deserve to die that curse their parents, much more those that starve them. But if a man conformed to the traditions of the Pharisees, they found a device to free him from the claim of this duty.

CONC:

Ancients Care Carefully Ceremonial Delivered Diligently Eat Elders Except Forearms Handed Hands Holding Jews Keeping Observing Oft Often Pharisees Rule Thus Tradition Traditions Unless Wash Washing Wrist

Ancients Care Carefully Ceremonial Delivered Diligently Eat Elders Except Food Hands Holding Jews Keeping Observing Oft Often Pharisees Rule Tradition Traditions Unless Wash Washing Wrist

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