Mark 7:13
thus nullifying the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do.”
English Majority Text (NT)
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In Context
12then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
14And having summoned all the crowd, He said to them, “Hear Me, all of you and understand:
Cross References
Matthew 5:17“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
Mark 7:3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with their fist, holding the tradition of the elders.
Galatians 5:21envies, murders, drinking bouts, revelries, and the like; which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will 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 →