Mark 7:1-9

Traditions and Commandments

1 p Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes q who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were r defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash 1 their hands, holding to s the tradition of t the elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. 2 And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as u the washing of v cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. 3 ) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to s the tradition of t the elders, w but eat with r defiled hands?"

6 And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you x hypocrites, as it is written,
y "'This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
 7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as z doctrines the commandments of men.'

8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men."

9 And he said to them, "You have a fine way of a rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

  1. Cross References
    Mark 7:1 - 30
    Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
    Matthew 15:1 - 28
    Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said.
  2. Cross References
    Mark 3:22
    And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.
  3. Cross References
    Mark 7:1 - 30
    Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
    Matthew 15:1 - 28
    Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said.
  4. Cross References
    Acts 10:14
    But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.
    Romans 14:14
    I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
  5. Cross References
    Galatians 1:14
    And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
    Colossians 2:8
    See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
  6. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:2
    For by it the people of old received their commendation.
  7. Cross References
    Hebrews 9:10
    But deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
    John 2:6
    Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 23:25
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
    Luke 11:39
    And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
  9. Cross References
    Mark 7:3
    (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
  10. Cross References
    Mark 7:3
    (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
  11. Cross References
    Luke 11:38
    The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
  12. Cross References
    Mark 7:2
    They saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 23:13
    But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 29:13
    And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men.
    Ezekiel 33:31
    And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
  15. Cross References
    Isaiah 29:13
    And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men.
  16. Cross References
    Colossians 2:22
    ( referring to things that all perish as they are used) - according to human precepts and teachings?
    Titus 1:14
    Not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
  17. Cross References
    Luke 7:30
    But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
    Galatians 2:21
    I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
    Hebrews 10:28
    Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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