Mark 7:5
“Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Mark 7:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
So the Pharisees and the teachers of the law asked Jesus this question — “How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?”
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
sodann fragen ihn die Pharisäer und die Schriftgelehrten: Warum wandeln deine Jünger nicht nach der Überlieferung der Ältesten, sondern essen das Brot mit unreinen Händen?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y le preguntaron los Fariseos y los escribas: ¿Por qué tus discípulos no andan conforme á la tradición de los ancianos, sino que comen pan con manos comunes?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Depois os fariseus e os escribas lhe perguntaram: Por que os teus discípulos não andam conforme a tradição dos antigos, em vez de comerem pão com as mãos impuras?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Os fariseus e os escribas perguntaram a Jesus: "Por que os Teus discípulos não vivem de acordo com a tradição dos anciãos, pois comem seus pães sem lavar as mãos?"
📖 Mark 7:5 in Context
3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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