Mark 7:4
And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)
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- Matt 23:25 : 25 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
- Heb 9:10 : 10 They served only for matters of food and drink and various ritual washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
- Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
- Luke 11:38-39 : 38 The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal. 39 But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- John 2:6 : 6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
- Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
- Jer 4:14 : 14 “Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
- Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye, 31 then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
- Ps 26:6 : 6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,
- John 3:25 : 25 Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.
- Matt 27:24 : 24 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”
- 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Mark 7:1-33 verses89%
1 Breaking Human Traditions Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.
2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.
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5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
- Matt 15:1-33 verses80%
1 Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
3 He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
- Mark 7:7-93 verses78%
7 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’
8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”
9 He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
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20 These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”
- Luke 11:37-393 verses76%
37 Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.
38 The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.
39 But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- Mark 7:17-193 verses75%
17 Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.”(This means all foods are clean.)
- Matt 23:25-262 verses73%
25 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
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6 the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.
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15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”
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41 But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.
- Lev 11:33-353 verses71%
33 As for any clay vessel they fall into, everything in it will become unclean and you must break it.
34 Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water will become unclean. Anything drinkable in any such vessel will become unclean.
35 Anything their carcass may fall on will become unclean. An oven or small stove must be smashed to pieces; they are unclean, and they will stay unclean to you.
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10 They served only for matters of food and drink and various ritual washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
- Lev 15:10-123 verses70%
10 Anyone who touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
11 Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
12 A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.
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27 and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
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28 Any clay vessel it is boiled in must be broken, and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel must be rubbed out and rinsed in water.
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36 Jesus’ Anointing Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
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1 Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
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11 What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
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2 But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
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13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
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16 But if he does not wash his clothes and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.’”
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4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?
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4 how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”
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5 He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.
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7 The one who touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
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31 Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet from it.
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1 Departure From Judea Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John
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19 and Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it.
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47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.
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24 So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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7 And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
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17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?