'Thus' in the Bible

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands {ritually}, [thus] holding fast to the traditions of the elders.

[thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine"--[thus] declaring all foods clean.