Mark 7:4

Mark · New Testament · Chapter 7

“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.”Mark 7:4

What Does Mark 7:4 Mean?

Mark 7:4 is found in the book of Mark, chapter 7, verse 4 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (13)

These passages are connected to Mark 7:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Matthew 23:25“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.”Luke 11:38“And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.”Hebrews 9:10“Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.”Isaiah 1:16“Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;”Jeremiah 4:14“O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?”John 2:6“And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.”James 4:8“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”Job 9:30“If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;”Psalms 26:6“I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:”Matthew 27:24“When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.”1 John 1:7“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”John 3:25“Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.”Hebrews 6:2“Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.”

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