Mark 7:9

And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

In Context

8For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.

10For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Daniel 7:25And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.

Matthew 15:3But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:

Mark 7:13Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.

Galatians 2:21I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by 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 →

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