Mark 7:1

One day the Pharisees and some of the teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.

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In The King James Version

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

In Context

2They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands ‘defiled,’ by which they meant unwashed.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came to Jesus, and said,

Luke 5:17On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was on Jesus, so that he could work cures.)

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:1

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's dispute with the scribes and Pharisees about eating meat with unwashen hands ( ver. 1-13 ); and the needful instructions he gave to the people on that occasion, and further explained to his disciples, ver. 14-23 . II. His curing of the woman Canaan's daughter that was possessed, ver. 24-30 . III. The relief of a man that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech, ver. 31-37 . Read the whole commentary →

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