Mark 7:4

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Summary

And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

Except

Bible References

Except

If I wash myself with soap, and I cleanse my hands with lye,

I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,

Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!

Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. {How long} will your thoughts of mischief dwell in your inner part?

So Pilate, [when he] saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water [and] washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to [it]!"

And the Pharisee, [when he] saw [it], was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal.

Now six stone water jars were set there, in accordance with the ceremonial cleansing of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

So a dispute occurred on the part of John's disciples with a Jew concerning purification.

concerning [instead] only food and drink and different washings, regulations of outward things imposed until the time of setting [things] right.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!

But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.