Mark 7:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 23:25 : 25 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.›
  • Heb 9:10 : 10 [Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
  • Luke 11:38-39 : 38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.›
  • John 2:6 : 6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 ¶ I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
  • Matt 27:24 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 7:1-3
    3 verses
    89%

    1¶ Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

    2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

    3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

  • Mark 7:5
    85%

    5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

  • Matt 15:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1¶ Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

    2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

    3But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?›

  • Mark 7:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7‹Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.›

    8‹For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,› [as] ‹the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.›

    9And he said unto them, ‹Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.›

  • Matt 15:20
    78%

    20‹These are› [the things] ‹which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.›

  • Luke 11:37-39
    3 verses
    76%

    37¶ And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

    38And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

    39And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.›

  • Mark 7:15-19
    5 verses
    75%

    15‹There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.›

    16‹If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.›

    17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

    18And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›

    19‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›

  • Matt 23:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.›

    26[Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›

  • Lev 22:6
    72%

    6The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

  • Luke 11:41
    71%

    41‹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.›

  • Lev 11:33-35
    3 verses
    71%

    33And every earthen vessel, whereinto [any] of them falleth, whatsoever [is] in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

    34Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.

    35And every [thing] whereupon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; [whether it be] oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

  • Heb 9:10
    70%

    10[Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.

  • Lev 15:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth [any of] those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.

    11And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.

    12And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

  • Lev 15:27
    70%

    27And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.

  • Lev 6:28
    69%

    28But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

  • Luke 7:36
    69%

    36¶ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

  • Luke 14:1
    69%

    1¶ And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

  • Matt 15:11
    69%

    11‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›

  • Luke 6:2
    69%

    2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

  • Matt 12:2
    69%

    2But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

  • Mark 7:13
    68%

    13‹Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.›

  • Lev 17:16
    68%

    16But if he wash [them] not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Matt 12:4
    68%

    4‹How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?›

  • Luke 6:4
    68%

    4‹How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?›

  • John 13:5
    68%

    5After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel wherewith he was girded.

  • Lev 15:7
    68%

    7And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.

  • Exod 40:31
    68%

    31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

  • John 4:1
    68%

    1¶ When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

  • Exod 30:19
    68%

    19For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

  • Lev 14:47
    68%

    47And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

  • Mark 2:24
    68%

    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

  • Num 8:7
    68%

    7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.

  • Matt 15:17
    68%

    17‹Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?›