5 Bible Verses about How People Eat

"How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food."

They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands 'defiled,' by which they meant unwashed.

(For the Pharisees, and indeed all strict Jews, will not eat without first scrupulously washing their hands, holding in this to the traditions of their ancestors.

When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans).

So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question--"How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?"