Mark 7:9

He said also to them: Full well do ye spurn the precept of God, that ye may establish your tradition!

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

8For ye have forsaken the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men, the baptisms of cups, and of pots, and many things like these.

10For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and whoever shall revile his father or his mother, shall surely die.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:3Jesus replied and said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, on account of your tradition?

Mark 7:13And ye reject the word of God, on account of the tradition which ye hand down. And many things like these, ye do.

Galatians 2:21I do not spurn the grace of God. For if righteousness is by means of the law, the Messiah died in vain.

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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