‘Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from my sight. Stop doing evil.
Mark 7:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, jugs, kettles, and dining couches. ,) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions [oral, man-made laws handed down to them, which they observe faithfully and diligently, such as], the washing of cups and wooden pitchers and widemouthed jugs and utensils of copper and beds– American Standard Version (1901) and when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.) Common English Bible Upon returning from the marketplace, they don’t eat without first immersing themselves. They observe many other rules that have been handed down, such as the washing of cups, jugs, pans, and sleeping mats.) Catholic Public Domain Version And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of beds. |
‘Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from my sight. Stop doing evil.
I set jars filled with wine and some cups before the sons of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, ‘Drink wine! ’
Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbour malicious thoughts?
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside of it may also become clean.
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves! ’
Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained eighty or one hundred and twenty litres.
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.
They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of the new order.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.