Mark 7:9

And he sayde vnto them: Well, ye cast asyde the commaundement of God, to mayntayne your owne tradition.

Bible (Bishops')

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 ye laye the commaundement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of me: as the wasshing of pottes & cuppes. And many other such like thinges ye do.

10For Moyses sayde, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, who so curseth father or mother, let him dye the death.

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:13Therfore thus hath the Lorde sayd: Forsomuche as this people when they be in trouble, do honour me with their mouth and with their lippes, but their heart is farre fro me, and the feare whiche they haue vnto me proceedeth of a commaundement that is taught of men:

Matthew 15:3But he aunswered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundement of God, by your tradition?

Mark 7:13And make the worde of God of none effect, through your tradition, which ye haue ordeyned. And many such thinges do ye.

Galatians 2:21I reiect not the grace of God: For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe, then Christe is dead in vayne.

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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