Mark 7:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ and coming from the market-place, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions which they have received and hold fast – the washing of cups and utensils and copper vessels and couches.

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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

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence; And I walk around Your slaughter-place, O יהוה,

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Stop doing evil!

Jeremiah 35:5

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rĕḵaḇites bowls filled with wine, and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.”

Jeremiah 4:14

O Yerushalayim, wash your heart from evil, and be saved. Till when would your wicked thoughts remain within you?

Matthew 23:25

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are filled with plunder and unrighteousness.

Matthew 23:26

“Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them becomes clean too.

Matthew 27:24

And when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but rather an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this Righteous One. You shall see to it.”

Mark 7:8

Forsaking the command of Elohim, you hold fast the tradition of men.

John 2:6

And there were six stone water-jugs standing there, according to the mode of cleansing of the Yehuḏim, each holding two or three measures.

John 3:25

Then a dispute arose between some of Yoḥanan’s taught ones and the Yehuḏim about cleansing,

Hebrews 9:10

only as to foods and drinks, and different washings, and fleshly regulations imposed until a time of setting matters straight.

James 4:8

Draw near to Elohim and He shall draw near to you. Cleanse hands, sinners. And cleanse the hearts, you double-minded!

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of יהושע Messiah His Son cleanses us from all sin.