Mark 7:5

7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat ¹  with unwashed hands?”

Mark 9:37

9:37 “Whoever welcomes ²  one of these little children ³  in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

[7:5]  ¹ tn Grk “eat bread.”

[9:37]  ² tn This verb, δέχομαι (decomai), is a term of hospitality (L&N 34.53).

[9:37]  ³ sn Children were very insignificant in ancient culture, so this child would be the perfect object lesson to counter the disciples’ selfish ambitions.