Mark 7:13
rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way.”
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In Context
12then you do not release him to do anything for his father or mother,
14And again, calling the crowd to him, he said to them: “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20And this is, moreover, for the sake of the law and the testimony. But if they do not speak according to this Word, then he will not have the morning light.
Ezekiel 18:14But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him,
Matthew 5:17Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.
Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
Galatians 5:21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain 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 →