Mark 7:5

New Century Version

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?”

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 7:13

By your own rules, which you teach people, you are rejecting what God said. And you do many things like that.”

Mark 7:8

You have stopped following the commands of God, and you follow only human teachings.”

Mark 7:9

Then Jesus said to them, “You cleverly ignore the commands of God so you can follow your own teachings.

Acts 21:21

They have heard about your teaching, that you tell our people who live among the nations to leave the law of Moses. They have heard that you tell them not to circumcise their children and not to obey customs.

Acts 21:24

Take these men with you and share in their cleansing ceremony. Pay their expenses so they can shave their heads. Then it will prove to everyone that what they have heard about you is not true and that you follow the law of Moses in your own life.

Romans 4:12

And Abraham is also the father of those who have been circumcised and who live following the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Galatians 1:14

I was becoming a leader in the Jewish religion, doing better than most other Jews of my age. I tried harder than anyone else to follow the teachings handed down by our ancestors.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that some people in your group refuse to work. They do nothing but busy themselves in other people’s lives.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ we command you to stay away from any believer who refuses to work and does not follow the teaching we gave you.