Thematic Bible: Were washed


Thematic Bible



(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat until they wash their hands. They practice the tradition of the elders.) Verse ConceptsAblutionelders, as community leadersJews, TheCharacteristics Of PhariseesHow People EatThe Elderlypharisees

They questioned him: Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? They eat food with unwashed hands. Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToTraditionsPeople UnwashedBreaking Man's LawHow People EatFinding Fault With Jesuselders

All the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. They will answer: 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did we see it.

If a man who has a discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands, the person he touched must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. Verse ConceptsContaminationPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening