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And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.) <a href="/nlt/mark/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> Similarly, they don’t eat anything from the market until they immerse their hands in water. This is but one of many traditions they have clung to—such as their ceremonial washing of cups, pitchers, and kettles.) <a href="/esv/mark/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) <a href="/bsb/mark/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining. <a href="/blb/mark/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and on coming from the market, they do not eat unless they wash; and there are many other things which they received, for them to hold to--washings of cups and vessels and utensils and couches for dining. <a href="/kjv/mark/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/mark/7.htm">New King James Version</a> When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches. <a href="/nasb_/mark/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they completely cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received as traditions to firmly hold, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, and copper pots.) <a href="/nasb/mark/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.) <a href="/nasb77/mark/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.) <a href="/lsb/mark/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.) <a href="/amp/mark/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves [completely according to ritual]; and there are many other things [oral, man-made laws and traditions handed down to them] which they follow diligently, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper utensils.) <a href="/csb/mark/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and dining couches. ) <a href="/hcsb/mark/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, jugs, copper utensils, and dining couches.) <a href="/asv/mark/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> and when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.) <a href="/cev/mark/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> None of them will eat anything they buy in the market until it is washed. They also follow a lot of other teachings, such as washing cups, pitchers, and bowls. <a href="/erv/mark/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> and when they come from the marketplace, except they wash themselves, they eat not: and many other things there be, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels. <a href="/gwt/mark/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When they come from the marketplace, they don't eat unless they have washed first. They have been taught to follow many other rules. For example, they must also wash their cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.) <a href="/gnt/mark/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> nor do they eat anything that comes from the market unless they wash it first. And they follow many other rules which they have received, such as the proper way to wash cups, pots, copper bowls, and beds. ) <a href="/isv/mark/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.) <a href="/msb/mark/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining. <a href="/net/mark/7.htm">NET Bible</a> And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.) <a href="/nheb/mark/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They do not eat when they come from the marketplace unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold to, the washing of cups and pitchers and copper vessels and dining couches.) <a href="/wbt/mark/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there are, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, and of brazen vessels, and tables. <a href="/wey/mark/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.) <a href="/web/mark/7.htm">World English Bible</a> They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/mark/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and [coming] from the marketplace, if they do not immerse themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, immersions of cups, and pots, and bronze vessels, and couches. <a href="/blb/mark/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and on coming from the market, they do not eat unless they wash; and there are many other things which they received, for them to hold to--washings of cups and vessels and utensils and couches for dining. <a href="/ylt/mark/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and, coming from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches. <a href="/slt/mark/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And from the market-place, except they be immersed, they eat not. And there are many other things which they received to hold; the immersion of cups, and of measures, and of brazen vases, and of chairs.)<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/mark/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of beds. <a href="/cpdv/mark/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds. <a href="/nabre/mark/7.htm">New American Bible</a> And on coming from the marketplace they do not eat without purifying themselves. And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles [and beds].) <a href="/nrsvce/mark/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles. )<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/mark/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Even the things from the market, if they are not washed, they would not eat them. And there are a great many other things, which they have accepted to obey, such as the washing of cups and pots, and copper utensils, and the bedding of dead men. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And coming from the marketplace, unless they bathe, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they had received to keep: washings of cups and pots and copper vessels and of beds.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/mark/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and when they come from the market, they do not eat, unless they immerse themselves. And there are many other things, which they have received to hold, as the immersion of cups and pitchers and brazen vessels and beds:) <a href="/godbey/mark/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And from the forum, unless they may baptize themselves, they do not eat: and many other things which they have received to hold, the baptism of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches. <a href="/haweis/mark/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And coming from the market, unless they have washed, they never eat. And there are many other things which they have by tradition received to observe, as the washings of cups, and pots, and vessels of brass, and couches. <a href="/mace/mark/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a> nay, when they have been at any publick place, they never eat till they have washed, they observe besides several traditions, such as the washing of cups, pots, brass vessels, and beds. <a href="/wey/mark/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.) <a href="/worrell/mark/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and, coming from the marketplace, unless they immerse themselves, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they received to hold; as, immersion of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels. <a href="/worsley/mark/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And when they come from the market, they do not eat till they have washed. And there are many other things, which they have received to observe, as the washing of cups, and pots, and brass-vessels, and seats. <a href="/parallel/mark/7-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=2078" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/mark/7.htm">Tradition and Worship</a> …3Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially. 4<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: ap’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">on returning from</a> <a href="/greek/58.htm" title="58: agoras (N-GFS) -- From ageiro; properly, the town-square; by implication, a market or thoroughfare.">the market,</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2068.htm" title="2068: esthiousin (V-PIA-3P) -- Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.">they do not eat</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">unless</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/907.htm" title="907: baptisōntai (V-ASM-3P) -- Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. ">they wash.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">there are</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: polla (Adj-NNP) -- Much, many; often. ">many</a> <a href="/greek/243.htm" title="243: alla (Adj-NNP) -- Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; else, i.e. Different.">other</a> <a href="/greek/3880.htm" title="3880: parelabon (V-AIA-3P) -- From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn.">traditions for them</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-ANP) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/2902.htm" title="2902: kratein (V-PNA) -- From kratos; to use strength, i.e. Seize or retain.">to observe,</a> <a href="/greek/909.htm" title="909: baptismous (N-AMP) -- Dipping, washing (of a ceremonial character). From baptizo; ablution.">including the washing</a> <a href="/greek/4221.htm" title="4221: potēriōn (N-GNP) -- A drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots. ">of cups,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3582.htm" title="3582: xestōn (N-GMP) -- As if from xeo (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel, i.e., a measure for liquids or solids.">pitchers,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5473.htm" title="5473: chalkiōn (N-GNP) -- A bronze vessel, brazen utensil. Diminutive from chalkos; a copper dish.">kettles,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2825.htm" title="2825: klinōn (N-GFP) -- A couch, bed, portable bed or mat, a couch for reclining at meals, possibly also a bier. From klino; a couch.">couches for dining.</a> 5So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/15-2.htm">Matthew 15:2</a> “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.” <a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25-26</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. / Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. <a href="/luke/11-38.htm">Luke 11:38-39</a> But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. / Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Colossians 2:20-22</a> If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: / “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? / These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a> They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform. <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Acts 10:14-15</a> “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” <a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">Galatians 1:14</a> I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. <a href="/john/2-6.htm">John 2:6</a> Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons. <a href="/romans/14-2.htm">Romans 14:2-3</a> For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. / The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him. <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">1 Timothy 4:3-5</a> They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. / For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. <a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm">Leviticus 11:32-34</a> When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean. / If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot. / Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean. <a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-22</a> Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/4-2.htm">Deuteronomy 4:2</a> You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you. <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a> Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25</a> I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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, brazen vessels, and of tables.except.<a href="/job/9-30.htm">Job 9:30,31</a> If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; … <a href="/psalms/26-6.htm">Psalm 26:6</a> I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:<a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a> Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;pots.tables.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/68-23.htm">Bathe</a> <a href="/job/36-30.htm">Bathing</a> <a href="/mark/6-55.htm">Beds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-20.htm">Brasen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-30.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-1.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/jonah/2-8.htm">Cling</a> <a href="/matthew/10-9.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/matthew/23-6.htm">Couches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Cups</a> <a href="/matthew/17-25.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Except</a> <a href="/mark/6-21.htm">First</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/mark/6-50.htm">Good</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/mark/6-17.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-13.htm">Kettles</a> <a href="/mark/6-56.htm">Market</a> <a href="/matthew/20-3.htm">Marketplace</a> <a href="/matthew/20-3.htm">Market-Place</a> <a href="/matthew/28-20.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/mark/6-27.htm">Order</a> <a href="/matthew/5-39.htm">Other</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm">Pitchers</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/mark/4-20.htm">Received</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Rinsing</a> <a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/mark/6-51.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Traditions</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Unless</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-9.htm">Utensils</a> <a href="/mark/3-27.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/matthew/27-24.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Washing</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Washings</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/16-33.htm">Bathe</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Bathing</a> <a href="/acts/5-15.htm">Beds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Brasen</a> <a href="/exodus/27-4.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/mark/10-7.htm">Cling</a> <a href="/mark/12-42.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/mark/12-39.htm">Couches</a> <a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Cups</a> <a href="/john/19-40.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/mark/7-5.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/mark/8-14.htm">Except</a> <a href="/mark/7-27.htm">First</a> <a href="/mark/7-5.htm">Food</a> <a href="/mark/7-27.htm">Good</a> <a href="/mark/7-5.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-13.htm">Kettles</a> <a href="/mark/12-38.htm">Market</a> <a href="/luke/7-32.htm">Marketplace</a> <a href="/luke/7-32.htm">Market-Place</a> <a href="/mark/7-9.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/mark/7-9.htm">Order</a> <a href="/luke/8-8.htm">Other</a> <a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Pitchers</a> <a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/john/11-55.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/mark/7-11.htm">Received</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Rinsing</a> <a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/mark/8-1.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/mark/7-5.htm">Traditions</a> <a href="/mark/9-9.htm">Unless</a> <a href="/exodus/11-2.htm">Utensils</a> <a href="/luke/17-31.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/luke/7-38.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/luke/7-38.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Washing</a> <a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Washings</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 7</div>1. <a href="/mark/7-1.htm">The Pharisees find fault with the disciples for eating with unwashed hands.</a> 8. <a href="/mark/7-8.htm">They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men.</a> 14. <a href="/mark/7-14.htm">Food defiles not the man.</a> 24. <a href="/mark/7-24.htm">He heals the Syrophenician woman's daughter of an unclean spirit;</a> 31. <a href="/mark/7-31.htm">and one that was deaf, and stammered in his speech.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase highlights the Pharisaic tradition of ritual purity. In the Jewish context, the market was a place where one could come into contact with Gentiles or ritually unclean items, necessitating purification before eating. This practice is rooted in the Levitical laws concerning cleanliness (Leviticus 11-15), though the specific ritual washing described here is part of the oral traditions that developed around the written law. These traditions were intended to maintain holiness and separation from anything considered impure. The emphasis on washing underscores the Pharisees' focus on external rituals as a means of maintaining spiritual purity, which Jesus often critiqued for neglecting the heart's condition (<a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25-28</a>).And there are many other traditions for them to observe, The phrase indicates the extensive nature of the oral traditions that had developed by the time of Jesus. These traditions, known as the "Oral Torah," were later codified in the Mishnah. They were meant to act as a "fence" around the Torah, ensuring that the written laws were not inadvertently broken. This reflects a broader cultural and religious effort to live in strict adherence to God's commandments, though it often led to legalism and a focus on human traditions over divine commandments (<a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a>).including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, The washing of these items reflects the detailed nature of the purity laws. Each item used in food preparation and consumption was subject to ritual cleansing to prevent defilement. This practice is reminiscent of the purification rituals prescribed for the Tabernacle and Temple service (<a href="/exodus/30-17.htm">Exodus 30:17-21</a>). The focus on such minutiae illustrates the Pharisees' dedication to ritual purity but also sets the stage for Jesus' teaching that true defilement comes from within, not from external sources (<a href="/mark/7-15.htm">Mark 7:15</a>).and couches for dining. The mention of couches, or dining couches, highlights the extent to which ritual purity was applied. In the Greco-Roman world, dining often took place on reclining couches, and the inclusion of these in purification rituals shows the integration of Jewish customs with broader cultural practices. This reflects the historical context of Hellenistic influence on Jewish life during the Second Temple period. The emphasis on cleansing even the furniture used for dining underscores the comprehensive nature of the purity laws and traditions, which Jesus challenges by emphasizing inner purity over external ritual (<a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/pharisees_and_scribes.htm">Pharisees and Scribes</a> Religious leaders in Jewish society who were known for their strict adherence to the Law and traditions. They often challenged Jesus on His teachings and practices. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure of the New Testament, whose teachings often confronted the legalistic practices of the Pharisees and scribes. 3. <a href="/topical/m/marketplaces.htm">Marketplaces</a> Public places where goods were bought and sold. Contact with Gentiles or unclean items in the market was a concern for ritual purity. 4. <a href="/topical/t/traditions_of_the_elders.htm">Traditions of the Elders</a> Oral traditions passed down by Jewish leaders, which were considered authoritative alongside the written Law. 5. <a href="/topical/r/ritual_purity.htm">Ritual Purity</a> A significant aspect of Jewish religious life, involving various practices to maintain ceremonial cleanliness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_tradition_vs._commandment.htm">Understanding Tradition vs. Commandment</a> Traditions can be valuable but should not overshadow or replace God's commandments. Evaluate traditions in light of Scripture. <a href="/topical/i/inner_purity_over_external_rituals.htm">Inner Purity Over External Rituals</a> True purity comes from the heart. Focus on cultivating a heart that seeks God rather than merely performing external rituals. <a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_daily_practices.htm">Discernment in Daily Practices</a> Be discerning about the practices you adopt. Ensure they align with biblical principles rather than merely following cultural or religious norms. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_legalism.htm">The Danger of Legalism</a> Legalism can lead to a focus on rules rather than relationship. Strive for a relationship with God that transforms your heart and actions. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_engagement_with_wisdom.htm">Cultural Engagement with Wisdom</a> Engage with the world wisely, understanding that while cultural practices can be neutral, they should not compromise your faith or witness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 7</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'foundation_of_apostles'.htm">What does 'The End of All Things Is at Hand' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_seven_cardinal_virtues.htm">What are the days of the Christian calendar?</a> <a href="/q/was_tyre_rebuilt_after_destruction.htm">What does it mean to be pharisaical?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_luke_7_36-50_compare_to_other_anointings.htm">Luke 7:36-50 - How does the anointing of Jesus by a sinful woman align, or conflict, with other anointing accounts in the Gospels regarding location, timing, and participants?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Except they wash.--The Greek verb differs from that in the previous verse, and implies the washing or immersion (the verb is that from which our word "baptise" comes to us) of the whole body, as the former does of part. The idea on which the practice rested was not one of cleanliness or health, but of arrogant exclusiveness, fastening on the thought of ceremonial purity. They might have come, in the crowd of the market, into passing contact with a Gentile, and his touch was as defiling as if it had been that of a corpse. So, too, the washing of cups and the like was because they might have been touched by heathen, and therefore impure, lips.Washing.--Literally, baptism; but the form of the word is masculine, while that used for the sacramental rite is neuter. The masculine occurs again. probably in the same sense, as meaning ablutions generally, in <a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm" title="Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.">Hebrews 6:2</a>.Pots.--The Greek word (xestes) may be noted as a corrupt form of sextarius, and therefore taking its place among the Latin words used by St. Mark. (See Introduction.)Tables.--Better, couches--i.e., the low wide benches which were placed near the tables, and on which the guests reclined instead of sitting. These also had to be scrupulously washed, because it was possible that a heathen might have lain on them. The word is, perhaps, used in the same sense in <a href="/mark/4-21.htm" title="And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?">Mark 4:21</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - And when they come from the market (ἀπὸ ἀγορᾶς); literally, and from the market-place; there is no verb in the principal manuscripts, although the Cambridge Codex has ὅταν ἔλθωσιν, and the old Latin gives redeuntes. In the market-place there would be every kind of men and things, clean and unclean, by contact with which they feared that they might be polluted; and so they considered that they had need to cleanse themselves from this impurity by a more careful and complete ablution. Another Greek word is used here, namely, βαπτίσωνται. In the former verse the word is νίψωνται, a more partial and superficial kind of washing than that implied in βαπτίζω. It should, however, be added that two of the great uncials, Vatican and Sinaitic, have ῤαντίσωνται, "sprinkle themselves," instead of βαπτίσωνται ( an authority sufficient to justify the Revisers of 1881 in putting it into the margin. The washing of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels, and of tables. The words (καὶ κλινῶν) wrongly rendered, "and of tables" - because they could only mean "couches" - have not sufficient authority to be retained in the text. "Cups" (ποτηρίων) mean "drinking vessels." The "pot" (ξεστὴς) is a Roman word, sextarius, a small liquid measure, the sixth part of a congius, corresponding nearly to the English gallon, so that ξεστὴς would be rather more than a pint measure. Brasen vessels. These would probably be copper vessels, such as are still used in Syria for cooking purposes. These are particularly mentioned. Earthenware vessels would be broken. Which they have received to hold (α} παρέλαβον κρατεῖν); literally, which they received to hold: observe the aorist. <a href="/commentaries/mark/7-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [on returning] from ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. the market, ἀγορᾶς (agoras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_58.htm">Strong's 58: </a> From ageiro; properly, the town-square; by implication, a market or thoroughfare. they do not eat ἐσθίουσιν (esthiousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2068.htm">Strong's 2068: </a> Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat. unless ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. they wash. βαπτίσωνται (baptisōntai) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_907.htm">Strong's 907: </a> Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. there are ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. many πολλά (polla) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> Much, many; often. other ἄλλα (alla) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_243.htm">Strong's 243: </a> Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different. traditions for them παρέλαβον (parelabon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3880.htm">Strong's 3880: </a> From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn. to observe, κρατεῖν (kratein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_2902.htm">Strong's 2902: </a> From kratos; to use strength, i.e. Seize or retain. [including] the washing βαπτισμοὺς (baptismous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_909.htm">Strong's 909: </a> Dipping, washing (of a ceremonial character). From baptizo; ablution. of cups, ποτηρίων (potēriōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4221.htm">Strong's 4221: </a> A drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots. pitchers, ξεστῶν (xestōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3582.htm">Strong's 3582: </a> As if from xeo (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel, i.e., a measure for liquids or solids. kettles, χαλκίων (chalkiōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5473.htm">Strong's 5473: </a> A bronze vessel, brazen utensil. Diminutive from chalkos; a copper dish. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. couches for dining. κλινῶν (klinōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2825.htm">Strong's 2825: </a> A couch, bed, portable bed or mat, a couch for reclining at meals, possibly also a bier. 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