KJV ORIGINAL
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The Pharisees and most Jewish people wouldn't eat without washing their hands multiple times — not for hygiene, but because that's how their ancestors always did it.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
They were so stuck on tradition that handwashing became more about rules than reasons.
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