If anyone's interested, this is a clasic sort of passage in the NewTestament that tells us something about the culture of Jesus & co.
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1: Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
2: And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
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Why? Because...
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3: For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, HOLDING THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS.
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The writer was explaining an informative point to later generations of (possibly) Gentile readers who might not understand this.
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5: Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the TRADITION OF THE ELDERS, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
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Why indeed! Does anyone really think these 'Pharisees' expected an alien to follow their OWN rules? Maybe they were just busybody missionaries in the jungle somewhere...but I think not. Jerusalem is very close to Galilea.