Mark 7:1-8 ▼

1 And the pharisees came together vnto hym, & certayne of the scribes which came from Hierusalem.

2 And whe they sawe some of his disciples eate bread with common that is to say, with vnwasshen hands, they founde fault.

3 For the pharisees and all the Iewes, except they wasshe their handes oft, eate not, obseruing the traditions of ye elders.

4 And when they come from the market, except they wasshe, they eate not. And many other things there be, which they haue taken vpon them to obserue as the wasshyng of cuppes and pottes, and brasen vessels, and of tables.

5 Then asked hym the pharisees and scribes: Why walke not thy disciples accordyng to the traditio of the elders, but eate bread with vnwasshen handes?

6 He aunswered, and sayde vnto them, that Esaias hath prophesied well of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their heart is farre from me.

7 Howebeit, in vayne do they worship me, teachyng doctrines, the commaundementes of men.

8 For ye laye the commaundement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of me: as the wasshing of pottes & cuppes. And many other such like thinges ye do.