Mark 7:3-5 For, you see, the Pharisees and all the Jews i.e., those who adhere to the practices of the Jewish culture are not in the habit of eating, unless they can (or: should) ceremonially wash their hands up to the wrist (or, perhaps: up to the elbow with a fistful of water; Aleph & other MSS instead read: frequently) – continuing to keep a strong hold on the traditions of the elders (also = the men of former times).

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ For, you see, the Pharisees and all the Jews [i.e., those who adhere to the practices of the Jewish culture] are not in the habit of eating, unless they can (or: should) ceremonially wash [their] hands up to the wrist (or, perhaps: up to the elbow with a fistful of water; [Aleph & other MSS instead read: frequently]) – continuing to keep a strong hold on the traditions of the elders (also = the men of former times). ⁴ Even when returning from a marketplace, they are not in the habit of eating unless they can (or: should; would) ritually sprinkle or dip (= wash; baptize) themselves – and there are many other similar things which they accepted and take to their sides to be constantly holding fast: immersions (baptisms; = washings; ritual sprinklings) of cups and pitchers and copper vessels (or: bronze utensils), and of couches (beds; mats). ⁵ So both the Pharisees and the scribes continued with a question to Him: "Why are your disciples not continuing to walk (= conduct themselves; order their manner of living) in accord with and corresponding to the tradition of the Elders (the older men; the men of former times), but to the contrary they continue to eat the bread (= the meal) with ritually unclean (unwashed; common) hands?"