Mark 7:5

Free Bible Version

So the Pharisees and religious leaders asked Jesus, “Why don't your disciples follow the tradition of our ancestors? They eat food with unclean hands.”

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of our forefathers by not washing their hands before they eat a meal?”

Mark 7:13

By means of this tradition of yours that you pass down, you make God's word null and void. You do many other things like this.”

Mark 7:8

You disregard God's law, and instead you carefully observe human traditions.”

Mark 7:9

“How cleverly you set aside God's law so you can support your traditions!” he told them.

Acts 21:21

They have been told that you teach Jews living among the foreigners to ignore the Law of Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to follow our customs.

Acts 21:24

Go with them and perform the purification rituals with them, paying for them to have their heads shaved. That way everyone will know there's no truth to the rumors they've heard about you, but that you yourself observe the Law in the way that you live.

Romans 4:12

He is also the father of circumcised Jews not merely because they're circumcised, but because they follow the example of the trust in God our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Galatians 1:14

I surpassed my contemporaries in the practice of the Jewish religion because I was so fervently devoted to the traditions of my ancestors.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

But now we hear that there are some lazy busybodies among you who don't work at all.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we want to tell you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, not to associate with any believer who can't be bothered to work for their living—those who don't follow the teachings they learned from us.