Mark 7:4
Greek Text— Mark 7:4They 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.)
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and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Therefore tell them: Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
For the life of the flesh is in the blood. I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;
being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, but not with a perfect heart.
He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?”
Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh,
So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.