Mark 7:4

God's Word

When they come from the marketplace, they don’t eat unless they have washed first. They have been taught to follow many other rules. For example, they must also wash their cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)

Cross References

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O Lord,

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

Jeremiah 35:5

Then I set cups and pitchers filled with wine in front of the family of Rechab. I said to them, “Drink some wine.”

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Matthew 23:25

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of cups and dishes. But inside they are full of greed and uncontrolled desires.

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisees! First clean the inside of the cups and dishes so that the outside may also be clean.

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he was not getting anywhere. Instead, a riot was breaking out. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. He said, “I won’t be guilty of killing this man. Do what you want!”

Mark 7:8

“You abandon the commandments of God to follow human traditions.”

John 2:6

Six stone water jars were there. They were used for Jewish purification rituals. Each jar held 18 to 27 gallons.

John 3:25

Some of John’s disciples had an argument with a Jew about purification ceremonies.

Hebrews 9:10

These gifts and sacrifices were meant to be food, drink, and items used in various purification ceremonies. These ceremonies were required for the body until God would establish a new way of doing things.

James 4:8

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light in the same way that God is in the light, we have a relationship with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from every sin.