Mark 7:9

"It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition!

Montgomery New Testament

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

8"You neglect the commandment of God, and hold fast the traditions of men."

10For although Moses said, Honor your father and mother, and Let him who curses father or mother suffer death,

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Cross References

Matthew 15:3"And why do you also keep transgressing the command of God by your tradition?" he asked.

Mark 7:13Thus by your tradition which you have handed down you set at naught the word of God; and you do many other things like that."

Galatians 2:21I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes by way of the Law, then indeed Christ died Christ 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 →

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