Mark 7:1

Now the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem were gathered around Jesus.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2When they saw some of his disciples eating bread with hands that were defiled (that is, unwashed), they criticized them.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:1Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,

Luke 5:17On one of those days, as he was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was present to heal the people.

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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