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The Tradition of the Elders

Mark 7:2

In 9 translations

BSB
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
KJV
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
WEB
Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
ASV
and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
LSV
and having seen certain of His disciples with defiled hands—that is, unwashed—eating bread, they found fault;
YLT
and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands — that is, unwashed — eating bread, they found fault;
DBY
and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
DRC
And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
GNV
And when they sawe some of his disciples eate meate with common hands, (that is to say, vnwashen) they complained.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐσθίουσιν (“are eating”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐσθίοντας (“are eating”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐμέμψαντο (“they found fault”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ὅτι (“that”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Tyndale House place τοῦτ᾽ elsewhere in this verse.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τοὺς (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ὅτι κοιναῖς … ἀνίπτοις, ἐσθίουσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅτι κοιναῖς … ἀνίπτοις, ἐσθίουσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read κοιναῖς … ἀνίπτοις ἐσθίοντας.
  • SBLGNT: τοὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοὺς; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: ἄρτους. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἄρτους; Robinson–Pierpont add ἐμέμψαντο.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἰδόντες τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ὅτι κοιναῖς χερσίν, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ἀνίπτοις, ἐσθίουσιν τοὺς ἄρτους—
RP2018
καὶ ἰδόντες τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ κοιναῖς χερσίν, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀνίπτοις, ἐσθίοντας ἄρτους ἐμέμψαντο.
TR-Boyd
καὶ ἰδόντες τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ κοιναῖς χερσί, τοῦτ᾿ ἔστιν ἀνίπτοις, ἐσθίοντας ἄρτους ἐμέμψαντο.
SCR1894
και ιδοντες τινας των μαθητων αυτου κοιναις χερσιν τουτ εστιν ανιπτοις εσθιοντας αρτους εμεμψαντο

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 10:28He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
  • Matthew 7:3–5Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?…
  • Romans 14:14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
  • Acts 10:14–15“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
  • Acts 11:8‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
  • Matthew 23:23–25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the…
  • Daniel 6:4–5Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.…

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