Mark 7:2

World English Bible (2000)

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

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  • Acts 10:28 : 28 He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.
  • Matt 7:3-5 : 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
  • Dan 6:4-5 : 4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
  • Matt 23:23-25 : 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. 24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! 25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
  • Acts 10:14-15 : 14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." 15 A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."
  • Acts 11:8 : 8 But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 7:3-5
    3 verses
    89%

    3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

    4They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

    5The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

  • Matt 15:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

    2"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

    3He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

  • Mark 7:1
    82%

    1Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

  • Matt 15:20
    80%

    20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."

  • Matt 12:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

    2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

    3But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

    4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

  • Luke 11:37-39
    3 verses
    77%

    37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.

    38When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

    39The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

    2But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

  • Matt 15:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

    11That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

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

  • Mark 2:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

    24The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

  • Mark 7:17-20
    4 verses
    74%

    17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

    18He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

    19because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?"

    20He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

  • Matt 9:11
    74%

    11When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

  • Mark 7:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

    8"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

    9He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

  • Mark 2:16
    73%

    16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"

  • Luke 14:1
    73%

    1It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • Luke 6:7
    72%

    7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Mark 7:15
    72%

    15There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

  • Luke 7:36
    71%

    36One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.

  • Luke 6:4
    71%

    4how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?"

  • Mark 7:13
    70%

    13making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

  • Matt 9:14
    70%

    14Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

  • Mark 2:18
    70%

    18John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

  • Luke 5:30
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    30Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

  • Matt 16:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

    12Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Luke 5:33
    70%

    33They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

  • Matt 23:26
    70%

    26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

  • Luke 7:18
    70%

    18The disciples of John told him about all these things.

  • Matt 16:7
    70%

    7They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."

  • Mark 7:32
    70%

    32They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

  • John 4:1
    69%

    1Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

  • Matt 12:10
    69%

    10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

  • Mark 2:26
    69%

    26How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"