Mark 7:9
And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].
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Psalms 119:126It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;
Daniel 7:25And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most high [places], and think to change seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and a half time.
Matthew 15:3But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
Mark 7:13making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness [is] by law, then Christ has died for nothing.
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 →