Mark 7:4

Good News Translation

nor do they eat anything that comes from the market unless they wash it first. And they follow many other rules which they have received, such as the proper way to wash cups, pots, copper bowls, and beds.)

Cross References

Psalm 26:6

Lord, I wash my hands to show that I am innocent and march in worship around your altar.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves clean. Stop all this evil that I see you doing. Yes, stop doing evil

Jeremiah 35:5

Then I placed cups and bowls full of wine before the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Have some wine.”

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart, so that you may be saved. How long will you go on thinking sinful thoughts?

Matthew 23:25

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.

Matthew 23:26

Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!”

Mark 7:8

“You put aside God's command and obey human teachings.”

John 2:6

The Jews have rules about ritual washing, and for this purpose six stone water jars were there, each one large enough to hold between twenty and thirty gallons.

John 3:25

Some of John's disciples began arguing with a Jew about the matter of ritual washing.

Hebrews 9:10

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time when God will establish the new order.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.