5 Bible Verses about How People Eat

"Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?"

They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.

For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;

and when they come from the market-place they do not eat without bathing first. and they have many other customs which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and jugs and copper pans.

So the Pharisees and Scribes asked him. "Why do your disciples not follow the traditions of the elders? Why do they eat with 'common' unwashed hands?"