Mark 7:4

Modern English Version

When they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other traditions which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze vessels and dining couches.

Cross References

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence; thus will I go around Your altar, O  Lord,

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil from your deeds, from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

Jeremiah 35:5

Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rekabites pots full of wine and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.”

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Matthew 23:25

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and greed.

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may also be clean.

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that unrest was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous Man. See to it yourselves.”

Mark 7:8

For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”

John 2:6

Six water pots made of stone were sitting there, used for ceremonial cleansing by the Jews, containing twenty to thirty gallons each.

John 3:25

Then a dispute arose between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about ceremonial cleansing.

Hebrews 9:10

since they are concerned only with foods and drinks, ceremonial cleansings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.