Mark 7:4

First Nations Version

They will not eat the food offered at the trading posts unless it is first purified by washing. They also follow many other traditions, such as the washing of drinking cups, bowls, and even the benches they sit on.

Cross References

Hebrews 9:10

These things are only concerned with food and drink and different kinds of ceremonial washings—rules about outward things. They were needed until it was time for a new way to be revealed.

Matthew 23:25

“Sorrow and trouble will be your end, you scroll keepers and Separated Ones (Pharisees), for you wash the outside of your cups and bowls, but on the inside your hearts are full of greed and selfish ways.

James 4:8

Draw near to the Great Spirit, and he will draw near to you. Wash your hands clean of your broken ways, and purify your hearts and minds from trying to walk two different roads.

John 2:6

There were six traditional stone water pots, used for purification ceremonies, that could hold large amounts of water.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we will be in harmony with each other as the lifeblood shed by Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Son of the Great Spirit, cleanses us from all our broken ways.

Matthew 27:24

Spear of the Great Waters (Pilate) could see that their minds would not be changed. He was worried that the crowd might turn violent, so he decided to give them what they wanted. He washed his hands in a vessel of water in front of all the people and said, “This man’s blood is not on my hands. It is on yours!”

John 3:25

Some of the followers of Gift of Goodwill (John) began to argue with a local Tribal Member about the purification ceremony.

Matthew 23:26

You blind Separated Ones (Pharisees)! First clean the inside of your cup, and then the outside of the cup will become clean also.

Mark 7:8

Then he said to them, “You ignore the instructions given by the Great Spirit and use your traditions to make yourselves look good to others.