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Mark 7:4

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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.
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  1. Hebrews 9:10Rank 1 from verse 4
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    10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

  2. Luke 11:38–39Rank 2 from verse 4
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    38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

    39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

  3. Matthew 23:25Rank 3 from verse 4
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    25Woe 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.

  4. Isaiah 1:16Rank 4 from verse 4
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    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

  5. James 4:8Rank 5 from verse 4
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    8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

  6. Jeremiah 4:14Rank 6 from verse 4
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    14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

  7. John 2:6Rank 7 from verse 4
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    6And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

  8. 1 John 1:7Rank 8 from verse 4
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    7But 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.

  9. Job 9:30–31Rank 9 from verse 4
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    30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

    31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

  10. Matthew 27:24Rank 10 from verse 4
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    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.

  11. Psalms 26:6Rank 11 from verse 4
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    6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

  12. John 3:25Rank 12 from verse 4
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    25¶ Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.

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Mark 7:4

COMBINED MEANING

market

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A place of public buying and selling, or the trade and exchange carried on there.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

except

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Sense 1: Unless; with the exclusion of; apart from. Sense 2: To exclude or leave out. Sense 3: To object or take exception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wash

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To cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hold

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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

vessels

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1. Containers, utensils, or implements made to hold, carry, or serve. 2. Ships or craft for travel upon water. 3. Figuratively, persons or bodies regarded as bearers or instruments.

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tables

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Flat tablets or boards for writing; or pieces of furniture or surfaces used for food, money, or other business.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:1THEN came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

7:2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

7:4And 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.

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7:5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

7:6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

7:7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

7:8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

7:9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

7:11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

7:12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

7:13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

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