Mark 7:5

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question--"How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?"

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

"How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food."

Mark 7:13

In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things."

Mark 7:8

You neglect God's commandments and hold to the traditions of men.

Mark 7:9

Wisely do you set aside God's commandments," he exclaimed, "to keep your own traditions!

Acts 21:21

Now they have heard it said about you, that you teach all Jews in foreign countries to forsake Moses, for you tell them not to circumcise their children or even to observe Jewish customs.

Acts 21:24

Join these men, share their purification, and bear their expenses, so that they may shave their heads; and then all will see that there is no truth in what they have been told about you, but that, on the contrary, you yourself rule your life in obedience to the Jewish Law.

Romans 4:12

As well as father of the circumcised-to those who are not only circumcised, but who also follow our father Abraham in that faith which he had while still uncircumcised.

Galatians 1:14

And how, in my devotion to Judaism, I surpassed many of my contemporaries among my own people in my intense earnestness in upholding the traditions of my ancestors.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that there are among you people who are living ill- ordered lives, and who, instead of attending to their own business, are mere busy-bodies.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.