Mark 7:9
And he said to them: “You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition.
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Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,
Daniel 7:25And he will speak words against the Supreme One, and will exhaust the holy ones of the Most High, and he will think about what it would take to change the times and the laws, and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.
Matthew 15:3But responding, he said to them: “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said:
Mark 7:13rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way.”
Galatians 2:21I do not reject the grace of God. For if justice is through the law, then Christ 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 →