Mark 7:2

New Century Version

They saw that some of Jesus’ followers ate food with hands that were not clean, that is, they hadn’t washed them.

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

“Why don’t your followers obey the unwritten laws which have been handed down to us? They don’t wash their hands before they eat.”

Mark 7:5

The Pharisees and the teachers of the law said to Jesus, “Why don’t your followers obey the unwritten laws which have been handed down to us? Why do your followers eat their food with hands that are not clean?”

Luke 11:38

But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not wash his hands before the meal.

Acts 10:28

He said, “You people understand that it is against our law for Jewish people to associate with or visit anyone who is not Jewish. But God has shown me that I should not call any person ‘unholy’ or ‘unclean.’

Acts 11:8

But I said, ‘No, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or unclean.’

Romans 14:14

I am in the Lord Jesus, and I know that there is no food that is wrong to eat. But if a person believes something is wrong, that thing is wrong for him.

Hebrews 10:29

So what do you think should be done to those who do not respect the Son of God, who look at the blood of the agreement that made them holy as no different from others’ blood, who insult the Spirit of God’s grace? Surely they should have a much worse punishment.

Revelation 21:27

Nothing unclean and no one who does shameful things or tells lies will ever go into it. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter the city.