Mark 7:13
Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
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In Context
12he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
14Once again Jesus called the whole crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Ezekiel 18:14Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
Matthew 5:17Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
Mark 7:3Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
Galatians 5:21envy, and murders; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, 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 →