Mark 7:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Pharisees and many other Jewish people obey the teachings of their ancestors. They always wash their hands in the proper way before eating.

Cross References

Mark 7:13

And you ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. You do a lot of other things that are just as bad.

Mark 7:5

The Pharisees and teachers asked Jesus, “Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? Why do they eat without washing their hands?”

Luke 11:38

The Pharisee was surprised that he did not wash his hands before eating.

John 2:6

At the feast there were six stone water jars that were used by the people for washing themselves in the way that their religion said they must. Each jar held about a hundred litres.

Galatians 1:14

I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law that our ancestors had given us.

Colossians 2:8

Don't let anyone fool you by using senseless arguments. These arguments may sound wise, but they are only human teachings. They come from the powers of this world and not from Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

You were rescued from the useless way of life that you learnt from your ancestors. But you know that you were not rescued by such things as silver or gold that don't last for ever.