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and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with ^(c)impure hands, that is, unwashed.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they ^[a]carefully wash their hands, thus observing the ^(d)traditions of the elders;

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they ^[b]cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the ^[c]washing of ^(e)cups and pitchers and copper pots.)