Mark 7:9

"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions."

10For Moses said, `Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, `He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'

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Cross References

Matthew 15:3"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?

Mark 7:13thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."

Galatians 2:21I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has 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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