Mark 7:13
Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,
14And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all, and understand.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
Ezekiel 18:14But if he beget a son, who, seeing all his father's sine, which he hath done, is afraid, and shall not do the like to them :
Matthew 5:17Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients:
Galatians 5:21Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things 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 →