Mark 7:5

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

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Brothers and sisters, we command you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to keep away from every believer who’s lazy and disruptive and who doesn’t follow the teaching you received from us.

Acts 21:21

They’ve been told that you teach the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from the Law of Moses. They think that you teach those Jews to give up our Jewish ways and not circumcise their children.

Galatians 1:14

I had studied Judaism in depth, more so than most Jews my age. That was because I was so devoted to the teachings passed down from those who’d lived before us.

Acts 21:24

Go with them and join them in the Jewish practice that makes people pure and clean. Pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that these reports about you aren’t true in any way. They’ll know that you yourself obey the law.

Matthew 15:2

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

Romans 4:12

And Abraham is also the father of those who are circumcised, but who aren’t just circumcised—they also follow in the steps of our father Abraham, who had faith before he was circumcised.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that some people among you are lazy and disruptive. They don’t do any work of their own, and they meddle in other people’s business.

Mark 7:8

You’ve let go of God’s commands, and instead you’re holding on to teachings that people have passed down.”

Mark 7:9

Jesus continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside God’s commands so that you can follow your own teachings.

Mark 7:13

You make the word of God useless by putting your own teachings in its place. And you do this a lot.”