Mark 7:4

Easy To Read Version

And when the Jews buy something in the market, they never eat it until they wash it in a special way. They also follow other rules from their people that lived before them. They follow rules like the washing of cups, pitchers, and pots. {\cf2\super [81]}

Cross References

Psalm 26:6

Lord, I wash my hands\par to show that I am pure\par so I may come to your altar. {\cf2\super [156]} \par

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves. Make yourselves clean. Stop doing the bad things you do. I don’t want to see those bad things. Stop doing wrong!

Jeremiah 35:5

Then I (Jeremiah) put some bowls full of wine with some cups in front of the Recabite family. And I said to them, “Drink some wine.”

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash the evil\par from your hearts.\par Make your hearts pure so you can be saved.\par Don’t continue making evil plans.\par

Matthew 23:25

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [345]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [346]} You wash clean the outside of your cups and dishes. But inside they are full of things that you got by cheating other people and pleasing yourselves.

Matthew 23:26

Pharisees, you are blind! First make the inside of the cup clean and good. Then the outside of the cup can be truly clean.

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he could do nothing to make the people change. And he saw that the people were becoming upset. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands {\cf2\super [429]} so that all the people could see. Then Pilate said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones that are doing it!”

Mark 7:8

You have stopped following the commands of God. Now you follow the rules you got from other people.”

John 2:6

In that place there were six large waterpots made of stone. The Jews used waterpots like these in their washing ceremonies. {\cf2\super [34]} Each waterpot held about 20 or 30 gallons.

John 3:25

Some of John’s followers had an argument with another Jew. They were arguing about religious washing. {\cf2\super [52]}

Hebrews 9:10

Those gifts and sacrifices were only about food and drink and special washings. Those things were only rules about the body—\{not about things inside people’s hearts\}. God gave those rules \{for his people to follow\} until the time of God’s new way.

James 4:8

Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.

1 John 1:7

God is in the light (goodness). We should live in the light, too. If we live in the light, then we share fellowship with each other. And when we live in the light, the blood (death) of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. (Jesus is God’s Son.)