Mark 7:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Mark 7:13 : 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
  • Gal 1:14 : 14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
  • Col 2:21-23 : 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
  • Matt 15:2-6 : 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
  • Mark 7:5 : 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
  • Mark 7:7-9 : 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. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

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  • Mark 7:4-9
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    89%

    4And 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.

    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?

    6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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

    8For 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.

  • Mark 7:1-2
    2 verses
    87%

    1Then 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.

  • Matt 15:1-3
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    1Then 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?

  • Matt 15:20
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    20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

  • Luke 11:37-39
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    37And 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.

  • Matt 23:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25Woe 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.

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

  • Mark 7:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    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;

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

  • Mark 7:12-13
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    12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

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

  • Lev 22:6
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    6The soul which hath touched any such shall be uncan until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unss he wash his fsh with water.

  • Luke 6:2
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    2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

  • Matt 23:3
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    3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

  • Mark 2:24
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    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

  • Luke 7:30
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    30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

  • Luke 11:41-42
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    41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

    42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

  • Matt 15:9-12
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    9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

    10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

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

    12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

  • Matt 12:2
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    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.

  • Luke 7:36
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    36And 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.

  • Mark 7:15
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    15There 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.

  • Lev 15:11
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    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 uncan until the even.

  • Heb 9:10
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    10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

  • Exod 30:19
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    19For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

  • Luke 5:33
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    33And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

  • Exod 40:31
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    31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

  • Exod 30:21
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    21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

  • Luke 6:7
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    7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Matt 23:5
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    5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

  • Matt 15:6
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    6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1And 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.

  • Lev 17:16
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    16But if he wash them not, nor bathe his fsh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Matt 9:11
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    11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

  • Mark 3:6
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    6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

  • Matt 16:12
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    12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

  • Lev 7:19
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    19And the fsh that toucheth any uncan thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the fsh, all that be can shall eat thereof.