Mark 7:5

New Living Translation

So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.”

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”

Mark 7:13

And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”

Mark 7:8

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

Mark 7:9

Then he said, “You skillfully sidestep God’s law in order to hold on to your own tradition.

Acts 21:21

But the Jewish believers here in Jerusalem have been told that you are teaching all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn their backs on the laws of Moses. They’ve heard that you teach them not to circumcise their children or follow other Jewish customs.

Acts 21:24

Go with them to the Temple and join them in the purification ceremony, paying for them to have their heads ritually shaved. Then everyone will know that the rumors are all false and that you yourself observe the Jewish laws.

Romans 4:12

And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Galatians 1:14

I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us.