Mark 7:1-7

Followers of Tradition

1 ¹The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come ²from Jerusalem,

2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with ³impure hands, that is, unwashed.

3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless * they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the ⁴traditions of the elders;

4 and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless * they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of ⁵cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why * do Your disciples not walk according to the ⁶tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with ⁷impure hands?"

6 And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: '⁸THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY * FROM ME.

7 '⁹BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'

Cross References

• 1. Mark 7:1-23: {Matthew 15:1-20}
• 2. Matthew 15:1
• 3. Matthew 15:2; Mark 7:5; Luke 11:38; Acts 10:14, 28; Acts 11:8; Romans 14:14; Hebrews 10:29; Revelation 21:27
• 4. Mark 7:5, 8, 9, 13; Galatians 1:14
• 5. Matthew 23:25
• 6. Mark 7:3, 8, 9, 13; Galatians 1:14
• 7. Mark 7:2
• 8. Isaiah 29:13
• 9. Isaiah 29:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "with the fist"
• [b]. Or "sprinkle"
• [c]. Lit "baptizing"