Mark 7:4
And coming from the market, except they immerse themselves, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they received to hold, immersions of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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Matthew 27:24And Pilate, seeing that it avails nothing, but rather that a tumult is made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man. Look ye to it.
John 2:6Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the Jewish custom of purifying, containing two or three firkins[2:6] apiece.
Hebrews 9:10only with meats and drinks[9:10], and divers immersions, ordinances of the flesh, imposed until the time of reformation.
1 John 1:7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ[1:7] his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24
The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →