(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

διοτι οι Φαρισαιοι και παντες οι Ιουδαιοι, εαν δεν νιψωσι μεχρι του αγκωνος τας χειρας, δεν τρωγουσι, κρατουντες την παραδοσιν των πρεσβυτερων·

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.