Mark 7:13
making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have given: and you do many such similar things.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
12and you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother;
14And calling the crowd to Him again, He said to them, Hear all ye, and understand.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17Think not that I came to destroy the law of the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.
Mark 7:3For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they diligently wash their hands, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders.
Galatians 5:21envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and things like unto these: which I tell you beforehand, as I did previously say to you, that those doing such things shall not inherit 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 →