Mark 7:9

And he was saying to them, You have a fine knack for setting aside the mitzvat Hashem in order that your own Masorot might stand undisturbed.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

8Abandoning the mitzvat Hashem, you are holding to the Masoret HaBnei Adam.

10For Moshe + 7:10 Rabbeinu said, KABED ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA (Honor your father and your mother), and, The one reviling AVIV VIMMO MOT YUMAT (father or mother let him be put to death). + 7:10 Ex 20:12 , Dt 5:16; Ex 21:17 , Lv 20:9

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Cross References

Psalms 119:126It is time for Thee, Hashem, to work; 1 for they have made void Thy torah. 1

Isaiah 29:13Therefore Adonoi says, 1 Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their peh, 1 and with their sfatayim do honor Me, 1 but have removed their lev far from Me, 1 and their fear toward Me 1 is mitzvat anashim melummadah (human commandments taught by rote); 1

Daniel 7:25And he + 7:25 Anti-Moshiach shall speak great words against Elyon, 1 and shall wear out the kedoshim Elyon, 1 and think to change set times and law, and they shall be given into his hand 1 until a time and times and half a time. 1

Matthew 15:3But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, in reply to them, said, Why [do] also you transgress the mitzvat Hashem for the sake of your own masoros?

Mark 7:13You nullify and make void the dvar Hashem by means of your Masoret you received. And you do many similar things.

Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the Chen v'Chesed Hashem; for if the MAH (how) an ENOSH (man) is to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM + 2:21 Job 25:4 is found through Gezetz chumra, then Moshiach died for nothing and L'TOHU (in vain). + 2:21 Isa 49:4; 65:23

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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