Mark 7:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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?”

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 15:2 : 2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
  • Mark 2:16-18 : 16 When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 When Jesus heard this he said to them,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” 18 The Superiority of the New Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”
  • Mark 7:2-3 : 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.
  • Acts 21:21 : 21 They have been informed about you– that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.
  • Acts 21:24 : 24 take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.
  • Gal 1:14 : 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

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  • Matt 15:1-3
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    1Breaking 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.”

    3He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

  • Mark 7:1-4
    4 verses
    89%

    1Breaking Human Traditions Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

    2And 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.

    4And 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.)

  • Matt 15:20
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    20These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”

  • Mark 2:23-26
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    23Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

    24So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

    25He said to them,“Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry–

    26how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?”

  • Mark 7:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6He said to them,“Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

    7They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’

    8Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”

    9He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

    2But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

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    37Rebuking 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.

    38The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

    39But 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.

  • Matt 12:1-5
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    1Lord of the Sabbath At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

    3He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–

    4how 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?

    5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

  • 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
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    33The Superiority of the New Then they said to him,“John’s disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”

  • Matt 15:10-12
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    10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

    11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

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

  • Mark 7:17-19
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    74%

    17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

    18He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.”(This means all foods are clean.)

  • Luke 6:4
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    4how 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?”

  • Matt 9:14
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    14The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

  • Luke 14:1
    73%

    1Healing 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.

  • Matt 23:25-26
    2 verses
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    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.

    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

  • Mark 7:13
    73%

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

  • Luke 6:7
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    7The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

  • Luke 5:30
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    30But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying,“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

  • Mark 2:16
    72%

    16When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

  • Mark 2:18
    72%

    18The Superiority of the New Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

  • Luke 7:36
    72%

    36Jesus’ 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.

  • Matt 16:11-12
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    11How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

    12Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Matt 15:7
    71%

    7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

  • Luke 14:3
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    3So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees,“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 to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.