Mark 7:9

Wisely do you set aside God’s commandments,” he exclaimed, “to keep your own traditions!

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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 neglect God’s commandments and hold to human traditions.

10For while Moses said ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Let anyone who abuses their father or mother suffer death,’

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Cross References

Psalms 119:126It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.

Matthew 15:3His reply was, “How is it that you on your side break God’s commandments out of respect for your own traditions?

Mark 7:13In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things.”

Galatians 2:21I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!

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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