Mark 7:5 Cross References

Mark 7:5

5: 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."

2 Thessalonians 3:6

  1. And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from any Christian who lives in idleness and doesn't follow the tradition of hard work we gave you.

Acts 21:21

  1. Our Jewish Christians here at Jerusalem have been told that you are teaching all the Jews living in the Gentile world to turn their backs on the laws of Moses. They say that you teach people not to circumcise their children or follow other Jewish customs.

Mark 2:16

  1. But when some of the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with people like that, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with such scum?"
  2. When Jesus heard this, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do. I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."
  3. John's disciples and the Pharisees sometimes fasted. One day some people came to Jesus and asked, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Acts 21:24

  1. Go with them to the Temple and join them in the purification ceremony, and pay for them to have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that the rumors are all false and that you yourself observe the Jewish laws.

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."

Galatians 1:14

  1. I was one of the most religious Jews of my own age, and I tried as hard as possible to follow all the old traditions of my religion.

Romans 4:12

  1. And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

  1. Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and wasting time meddling in other people's business.

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.
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