Cross references

Mark 7:4

And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.

Mark 7:4 BSB
  1. a NE and WH cups, pitchers, and kettles.

Mark 7:4 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 23:25 (5 votes) and Luke 11:38–39 (5 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Deuteronomy 4 to 1 John 1.

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Which verses does Mark 7:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

  2. But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  3. They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

  4. Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

  5. Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

  6. John 2:64 votes

    Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

  7. James 4:84 votes

    Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

  8. If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

  9. Psalm 26:63 votes

    I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

  10. When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

  11. 1 John 1:73 votes
  12. John 3:252 votes

Which verses point to Mark 7:4?

The 10 strongest of 16.