Mark 7:13
In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things.”
Open English Bible (US)
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In Context
12why, then you do not allow them to do anything further for their father or mother!
14Then Jesus called the people to him again, and said, “Listen to me, all of you, and mark my words.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17“Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the prophets; I have not come to do away with them, but to complete them.
Mark 7:3(For the Pharisees, and indeed all strict Jews, will not eat without first scrupulously washing their hands, holding in this to the traditions of their ancestors.
Galatians 5:21feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in 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 →