Mark 7:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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?”

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

“Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? They don't even wash their hands before they eat.”

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 7:8

You disobey God's commands in order to obey what humans have taught.

Mark 7:9

You are good at rejecting God's commands so that you can follow your own teachings!

Acts 21:21

But they have been told that you are teaching those who live among the Gentiles to disobey this Law. They claim that you are telling them not to circumcise their sons or to follow Jewish customs.

Acts 21:24

Join with them and prepare yourself for the ceremony that goes with the promises. Pay the cost for their heads to be shaved. Then everyone will learn that the reports about you are not true. They will know that you do obey the Law of Moses.

Romans 4:12

This also makes Abraham the father of everyone who is circumcised and has faith in God, as Abraham did before he was circumcised.

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.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

Now we learn that some of you waste your time and won't do any work, except the work of a busybody.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

My dear friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus, I beg you not to have anything to do with any of your people who waste their time and refuse to obey the instructions we gave you.