and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

noticed that some of his disciples ate with “unclean” (meaning unwashed) hands.

And when they sawe some of his disciples eate meate with common hands, (that is to say, vnwashen) they complained.

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.

The Pharisees and all of the other Jews strictly observe the traditions that their ancestors taught. For example, they refuse to eat until they first wash their hands with a special ritual, especially after they return from buying things in the marketplace. They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched ◄them/the things they bought►. There are many other such traditions that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash in a special way their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds in order that using these things will not make God reject them.

They saw that some of his disciples ate bread with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled (that is to say with unwashed) hands, they found fault.

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.

and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands — that is, unwashed — eating bread, they found fault;