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Mark 7:4-6
Lexham English Bible
Mark 7:4-6
Lexham English Bible
4 And when they come[a] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions[b] which they have received and[c] hold fast to—for example,[d] the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)[e] 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their[f] bread with unclean hands?” 6 So he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written,
‘This people honors me with their[g] lips,
but their heart is far, far away from me.
Footnotes
- Mark 7:4 The phrase “when they come” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- Mark 7:4 The word “traditions” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- Mark 7:4 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“have received”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 7:4 The phrase “for example” is not in the Greek text but is supplied as a clarification in the English translation
- Mark 7:4 Several important manuscripts omit “and dining couches”
- Mark 7:5 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Mark 7:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
Mark 7:4-6
New International Version
Mark 7:4-6
New International Version
4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])(A)
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders(B) instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
Footnotes
- Mark 7:4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches
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