71 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
71 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
71 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
71 The Pharisees, along with some religion scholars who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around him.
71 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.
71 One day some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus.
2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled,
2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
2 They noticed that some of his disciples weren't being careful with ritual washings before meals.
2 Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
2 They noticed that some of his disciples failed to follow the Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.
(Read Mark 7:1-13)
One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear that it is the duty of children, if their parents are poor, to relieve them as far as they are able; and if children deserve to die that curse their parents, much more those that starve them. But if a man conformed to the traditions of the Pharisees, they found a device to free him from the claim of this duty.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:1
Commentary on Mark 7:1-13
(Read Mark 7:1-13)
One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear that it is the duty of children, if their parents are poor, to relieve them as far as they are able; and if children deserve to die that curse their parents, much more those that starve them. But if a man conformed to the traditions of the Pharisees, they found a device to free him from the claim of this duty.