Mark 7:5

God's Word

The Pharisees and the experts in Moses’ Teachings asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples follow the traditions taught by our ancestors? They are unclean because they don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Mark 7:13

Because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of God’s word. And you do many other things like that.”

Mark 7:8

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

Mark 7:9

He added, “You have no trouble rejecting the commandments of God in order to keep your own traditions!

Acts 21:21

But they have been told that you teach all the Jews living among non-Jewish people to abandon Moses. They claim that you tell them not to circumcise their children or follow Jewish customs.

Acts 21:24

Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay the expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that what they’ve been told about you isn’t true. Instead, they’ll see that you carefully follow Moses’ Teachings.

Romans 4:12

He is also the father of those who not only are circumcised but also are following in the footsteps of his faith. Our father Abraham had that faith before he was circumcised.

Galatians 1:14

You also heard how I was far ahead of other Jews in my age group in following the Jewish religion. I had become that fanatical for the traditions of my ancestors.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that some of you are not living disciplined lives. You’re not working, so you go around interfering in other people’s lives.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we order you not to associate with any believer who doesn’t live a disciplined life and doesn’t follow the tradition you received from us.