Mark 7:9

Then he said, “And you have worked out ways to get around God's laws and follow the rules your leaders made up.

Barkly (portions)

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

8You mob are just like that. You have turned your back on God's law, and you love keeping the rules that you have made up.”

10God told Moses that he wanted everyone to look after their old people. Moses said, ‘You have to respect your father and mother.’ And, ‘If anyone rubbishes their father or mother, you have to kill them.’

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Cross References

Mark 7:13When they do this to their old people, they are rubbishing God and his law. And you do wrong things like this all the time. You think that your own rules are better than God's laws.”

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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