Mark 7:9

And He said to them, “Well do you set aside the commandment of God, so that you may keep your tradition.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 having left the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things you do.”

10For Moses said, ‘ Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘ Whoever speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.’

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Cross References

Matthew 15:3He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God on account of your tradition?

Mark 7:13thus nullifying the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do.”

Galatians 2:21I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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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