and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, 'Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;' and there is a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean -- to that one it is unclean;

and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'