Mark 7:4

New Living Translation

Similarly, they don’t eat anything from the market until they immerse their hands in water. This is but one of many traditions they have clung to—such as their ceremonial washing of cups, pitchers, and kettles.)

Cross References

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to declare my innocence. I come to your altar, O Lord,

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.

Jeremiah 35:5

I set cups and jugs of wine before them and invited them to have a drink,

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?

Matthew 23:25

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too.

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!”

Mark 7:8

For you ignore God’s law and substitute your own tradition.”

John 2:6

Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.

John 3:25

A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing.

Hebrews 9:10

For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.

James 4:8

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

1 John 1:7

But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.