Mark 7:13
Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
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12You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
Ezekiel 18:14Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:
Matthew 5:17Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.
Mark 7:3Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:
Galatians 5:21Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
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 →