Mark 7:8

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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."

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  • Mark 7:3-4 : 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.
  • Isa 1:12 : 12 When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts?

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  • Mark 7:9-14
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    90%

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

    10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'

    11But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother, "Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban"' (that is, devoted to God),

    12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

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

    14Then He called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

  • Mark 7:2-7
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    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.

    5So 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?"

    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.

  • Matt 15:2-11
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    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?

    4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

    5But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

    6they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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

    8‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

    9They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’

    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.”

  • Col 2:22-23
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    22which all perish as they are used—based on human commands and teachings.

    23These have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they have no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

  • Matt 15:20
    73%

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

  • Titus 1:14
    72%

    14not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and human commandments that turn away from the truth.

  • Matt 23:23-26
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    23Woe 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.

    24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

    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.

  • Luke 11:39
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    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 23:3-4
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    3So do and observe whatever they tell you, but do not do as they do, for they say things but do not practice them.

    4They tie up heavy and unbearable burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.

  • Luke 11:41-42
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    41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.'

    42But woe to you Pharisees! For you give a tenth of mint, rue, and every herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

  • Ezek 22:8
    69%

    8You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.

  • Mal 2:8
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    8But you have turned aside from the way, and by your teaching have caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant with Levi, says the Lord of Hosts.

  • Mark 7:18-20
    3 verses
    69%

    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.)

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

  • 2 Thess 3:6
    69%

    6Now 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.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • Ezek 44:8
    68%

    8You did not keep charge of My holy things, but appointed others to be in charge of My sanctuary for you.

  • Heb 7:18
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    18The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless,

  • Luke 7:30
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    30But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God's plan for themselves, because they had not been baptized by him.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

  • Heb 9:10
    67%

    10They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

  • Acts 7:51
    67%

    51You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

  • John 7:22
    67%

    22Because of this, Moses gave you circumcision (not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

  • Isa 30:22
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    22Then you will defile your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, 'Away with you!'