Mark 7:13
annulling the word of God by your tradition, which ye handed down. And many such things ye do.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
12and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother,
14And again calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hearken to me every one, and understand.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.
Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they carefully wash their hands, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders.
Galatians 5:21envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings; and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit 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 →