Mark 7:5

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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?"

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  • Matt 15:2 : 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
  • Mark 2:16-18 : 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?' 17 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.' 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?
  • Mark 7:2-3 : 2 They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them. 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders.
  • Acts 21:21 : 21 'They have been informed that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow our customs.'
  • Acts 21:24 : 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth to these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.
  • Gal 1:14 : 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister who is idle and does not live according to the tradition they received from us.
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 We hear that some among you are living idle lives, refusing to work and instead becoming busybodies.
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

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  • Matt 15:1-3
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    91%

    1Then 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.”

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

  • Mark 7:1-4
    4 verses
    89%

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

    2They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

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

    4And 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.

  • Matt 15:20
    79%

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

  • Mark 2:23-26
    4 verses
    78%

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

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

    25Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

    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.'

  • Mark 7:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6He answered them, "Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.'

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

    8You 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."

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

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1One 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.

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

  • Luke 11:37-39
    3 verses
    77%

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

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

    39Then 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.

  • Matt 12:1-5
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    77%

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

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

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

    4How 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?

    5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

  • Matt 9:11
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    11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Luke 5:33
    74%

    33Then 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 15:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

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

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

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

  • Mark 7:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

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

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

    19For 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.)

  • Luke 6:4
    74%

    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."

  • Matt 9:14
    73%

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

  • Luke 14:1
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    1One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

  • Matt 23:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25Woe 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.

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

  • Mark 7:13
    73%

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

  • Luke 6:7
    72%

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

  • Luke 5:30
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    30But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

  • Mark 2:16
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    16And 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?'

  • Mark 2:18
    72%

    18Now 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 7:36
    72%

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

  • Matt 16:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11How 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."

    12Then 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.

  • Matt 15:7
    71%

    7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying,

  • Luke 14:3
    71%

    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • Mark 3:4
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    4Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they remained silent.