Mark 7:2

New International Reader's Version

They saw some of his disciples eating food with “unclean” hands. That means they were not washed.

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

“Why don’t your disciples obey what the elders teach? Your disciples don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

Mark 7:5

So the Pharisees and the teachers of the law questioned Jesus. “Why don’t your disciples live by what the elders teach?” they asked. “Why do they eat their food with ‘unclean’ hands?”

Luke 11:38

But the Pharisee was surprised. He noticed that Jesus did not wash before the meal.

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You know that it is against our law for a Jew to enter a Gentile home. A Jew shouldn’t have any close contact with a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not say anyone is not pure and ‘clean.’

Acts 11:8

“I replied, ‘No, Lord! I will not! Nothing that is not pure and “clean” has ever entered my mouth.’

Romans 14:14

I am absolutely sure that nothing is “unclean” in itself. The Lord Jesus has convinced me of this. But someone may consider a thing to be “unclean.” If they do, it is “unclean” for them.

Hebrews 10:29

People who deserve even more punishment include those who have hated the Son of God. They include people who have said no to him. They include people who have treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that makes them holy. They also include people who have disrespected the Holy Spirit who brings God’s grace. Don’t you think people like this should be punished more than anyone else?

Revelation 21:27

Only what is pure will enter the city. No one who causes people to believe lies will enter it. No one who does shameful things will enter it either. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter the city.