Mark 7:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

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  • Matt 15:2 : 2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
  • Mark 2:16-18 : 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men? 17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners. 18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?
  • Mark 7:2-3 : 2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. 3 Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:
  • Acts 21:21 : 21 And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.
  • Acts 21:24 : 24 Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.
  • Gal 1:14 : 14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 15:1-3
    3 verses
    91%

    1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

    2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

    3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

  • Mark 7:1-4
    4 verses
    89%

    1 And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

    2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

    3 Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

    4 And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

  • Matt 15:20
    79%

    20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.

  • Mark 2:23-26
    4 verses
    78%

    23 And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

    25 And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

    26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • Mark 7:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6 And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

    7 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

    8 For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

    9 And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.

    2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • Luke 11:37-39
    3 verses
    77%

    37 Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.

    38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.

    39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.

  • Matt 12:1-5
    5 verses
    77%

    1 At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

    3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

    4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

    5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

  • Matt 9:11
    75%

    11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

  • Luke 5:33
    74%

    33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

  • Matt 15:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

    11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

    12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • Mark 7:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17 And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

    18 And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

    19 Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

  • Luke 6:4
    74%

    4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • Matt 9:14
    73%

    14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

  • Luke 14:1
    73%

    1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

  • Matt 23:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

    26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

  • Mark 7:13
    73%

    13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

  • Luke 6:7
    72%

    7 And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

  • Luke 5:30
    72%

    30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

  • Mark 2:16
    72%

    16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

  • Mark 2:18
    72%

    18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

  • Luke 7:36
    72%

    36 And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

  • Matt 16:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

    12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Matt 15:7
    71%

    7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

  • Luke 14:3
    71%

    3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

  • Mark 3:4
    71%

    4 And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.