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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Mark 7 contains 37 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.