Mark 7:4 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁴ And [coming] from the marketplace, unless they bathe, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received [by tradition], like the washing of cups and pitchers, copper vessels and couches.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions [oral, man-made laws handed down to them, which they observe faithfully and diligently, such as], the washing of cups and wooden pitchers and widemouthed jugs and utensils of copper and beds–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ and when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

Common English Bible

⁴ Upon returning from the marketplace, they don’t eat without first immersing themselves. They observe many other rules that have been handed down, such as the washing of cups, jugs, pans, and sleeping mats.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of beds.

Mark 7:4 Cross References

Matthew 23:25

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and unrighteousness.

Matthew 23:26

Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

Matthew 27:24

And Pilate, seeing that nothing was being gained, but rather a riot was starting, taking water, he washed his hands clean in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just [Man]. You see to it."

Mark 7:8

"For having left the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men-the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things you do."

John 2:6

Now there were six stone water jars standing there, according to the purification rites of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

John 3:25

Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

Hebrews 9:10

[concerned] only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances which are imposed until a time of reformation.

James 4:8

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.

1 John 1:7

But if we are walking in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.