Luke 11:38

When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that He did not first perform the ritual washing before dinner.

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat!”

They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.

Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.

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And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat!”

They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.

Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.