Mar 7:3-4 | ESV | STEP | ( For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders ,

‏ Mark 7:3-4

3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, ^{▼▼Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing} holding to ^bthe tradition of ^cthe elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. ^{▼▼Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves} And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as ^ethe washing of ^fcups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit and dining couches}