Bible Verses About Purification: Traditions of the elders concerning

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients.

And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots and of brazen vessels and of beds.

And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands?

For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.

And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner.