Mark 7:1-4

The Pharisees and some of the scribes *gathered to Him after they came from Jerusalem,

and saw that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unholy hands, that is, unwashed.

(For the Pharisees and all the other Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thereby holding firmly to the tradition of the elders;

and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they completely cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received as traditions to firmly hold, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, and copper pots.)