Luke 11:38 Cross References

Luke 11:38

38: His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the ceremonial washing required by Jewish custom.

Mark 7:2

  1. They noticed that some of Jesus' disciples failed to follow the usual Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.
  2. (The Jews, especially the Pharisees, do not eat until they have poured water over their cupped hands, as required by their ancient traditions.
  3. Similarly, they eat nothing bought from the market unless they have immersed their hands in water. This is but one of many traditions they have clung to--such as their ceremony of washing cups, pitchers, and kettles. )
  4. So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, "Why don't your disciples follow our age-old customs? For they eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony."

Matthew 15:2

  1. "Why do your disciples disobey our age-old traditions?" they demanded. "They ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat."
  2. Jesus replied, "And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?

John 3:25

  1. At that time a certain Jew began an argument with John's disciples over ceremonial cleansing.
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