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

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Except

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

I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh;

Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification.

being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

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 Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.