Mark 7:9

And he said to them: Well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8For, neglecting the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the immersion of pitchers and cups; and many other things like these you do.

10For Moses said: Honor your father and your mother; and, He that curses father or mother shall surely be put to death.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:3But he answered and said to them: And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

Mark 7:13making the word of God of no effect by your tradition, which you have delivered; and many things like these you do.

Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God: for if righteousness be through law, then Christ has died in vain.

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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