Mark 7:2

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They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

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  • Acts 10:28 : 28 He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'
  • Matt 7:3-5 : 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.
  • Dan 6:4-5 : 4 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to set him over the entire kingdom. 5 At this, the administrators and satraps sought to find a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or fault because he was faithful. No negligence or corruption was found in him.
  • Matt 23:23-25 : 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others. 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
  • Acts 10:14-15 : 14 But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.' 15 Again, the voice came to him a second time, saying, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'
  • Acts 11:8 : 8 But I said, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 7:3-5
    3 verses
    89%

    3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders.

    4 And when they return from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They also observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.

    5 So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • Matt 15:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

    2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

    3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

  • Mark 7:1
    82%

    1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around Him.

  • Matt 15:20
    80%

    20 These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

  • Matt 12:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1 At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them.

    2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

    3 He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

    4 How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

  • Luke 11:37-39
    3 verses
    77%

    37 While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

    38 But the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not wash before the meal.

    39 Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 One Sabbath, while Jesus was walking through the grain fields, His disciples began picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

    2 Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

  • Matt 15:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

    11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

    12 Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

  • Mark 2:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23 One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the grainfields, his disciples began to pluck some heads of grain as they went along.

    24 The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

  • Mark 7:17-20
    4 verses
    74%

    17 When He went into the house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

    18 And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

    20 And He continued, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

  • Matt 9:11
    74%

    11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Mark 7:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7 They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    8 You have abandoned the commandment of God and hold onto human traditions, including the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other similar things."

    9 He also said to them, "How skillfully you set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your own tradition.

  • Mark 2:16
    73%

    16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Luke 14:1
    73%

    1 One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

  • Luke 6:7
    72%

    7 The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.

  • Mark 7:15
    72%

    15 There is nothing outside a person that can defile him by going into him, but the things that come out of him are what defile him.

  • Luke 7:36
    71%

    36 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

  • Luke 6:4
    71%

    4 "He entered the house of God, took the bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests alone."

  • Mark 7:13
    70%

    13 You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

  • Matt 9:14
    70%

    14 Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

  • Mark 2:18
    70%

    18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?

  • Luke 5:30
    70%

    30 But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

  • Matt 16:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 How is it that you do not understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

    12 Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Luke 5:33
    70%

    33 Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

  • Matt 23:26
    70%

    26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

  • Luke 7:18
    70%

    18 John's disciples reported all these things to him. Then John called two of his disciples.

  • Matt 16:7
    70%

    7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not bring any bread."

  • Mark 7:32
    70%

    32 And they brought to Him a deaf man who had a speech impediment, and they begged Him to lay His hand on him.

  • John 4:1
    69%

    1 When the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,

  • Matt 12:10
    69%

    10 And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

  • Mark 2:26
    69%

    26 'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'