Mark 7:13
making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12“then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
14He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Ezekiel 18:14“Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise,
Matthew 5:17“Don’t think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Mark 7:3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
Galatians 5:21envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
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 →