Mark 7:9
He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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Psalms 119:126It is time to act, LORD, for they break your Torah.
Isaiah 29:13The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Daniel 7:25He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the holy ones of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
Matthew 15:3He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
Mark 7:13making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
Galatians 2:21I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Messiah died for nothing!”
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 →