Mark 7:9

And he said to them, You fully reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

Revised King James 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

8Laying aside the commandment of God, you hold to the traditions of men.

10For Moses said, Honour your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death:

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Cross References

Matthew 15:3But he answered and said to them, Why do you transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Mark 7:13Thus making the word of God invalid through your tradition, which you have handed down: and you do many such things.

Galatians 2:21I do not nullify the grace of God: for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ 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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