1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.
2 And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, thus holding fast to the traditions of the elders.
4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions which they have received and hold fast to—for example, the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)