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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. The New International Version translates the passage as: These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.'"
In the account in the Gospel of Matthew, the Pharisees complain to Jesus that his disciples break the tradition of the elders because they do not wash their hands before eating. Jesus responds: Listen and understand. What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean', but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' [3]
Clean hands, sometimes called the clean hands doctrine, unclean hands doctrine, or dirty hands doctrine, [1] is an equitable defense in which the defendant argues that the plaintiff is not entitled to obtain an equitable remedy because the plaintiff is acting unethically or has acted in bad faith with respect to the subject of the complaint—that is, with "unclean hands".
Jerome: "The word here ‘makes a man common’ is peculiar to Scripture, and is not hackneyed in common parlance.The Jewish nation, boasting themselves to be a part of God, call those meats common, of which all men partake; for example, swine’s flesh, shell fish, hares, and those species of animals that do not divide the hoof, and chew the cud, and among the fish such as have not scales.
The Old Testament requires immersion of the body in water as a means of purification in several circumstances, for example: And when the zav is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
Jesus Heals the Man with a Withered Hand by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (1684) According to St. Jerome, in the Gospel which the Nazareni and Ebionites use, which was written in Hebrew and according to Jerome was thought by many to be the original text of the Gospel of Matthew, the man with the withered hand, was a mason.
Mark 7 is the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It explores Jesus' relationships with both fellow Jews and Gentiles.Initially Jesus speaks with the Pharisees and scribes, and then with his disciples, about defilement.
The Bible includes various regulations about bathing: And whoever he that hath issue (a zav, ejaculant with an unusual discharge) touches without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.(Leviticus 15:11)