Verse 38

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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  • Matt 15:2-3 : 2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
  • Mark 7:2-5 : 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands often, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, like the washing of cups, pots, bronze vessels, and tables. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a discussion between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.