Mark 7:9

And he said to them, Well ye have made the commandment of God void (or empty and useless), to keep your tradition.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 leave the commandment of God, and hold (fast to) the traditions of men, as [the] washing of water vessels [or of cruets], and of cups; and many other things like these ye do.

10For Moses said, Worship thy father and thy mother [or Honour thou thy father and thy mother]; and he that curseth father or mother, die he by death.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:126Lord, it is time to do; they have destroyed thy law. (Lord, it is time to act; for they have destroyed thy Law.)

Isaiah 29:13And (then) the Lord said, For that (that) this people nigheth with their mouth, and glorifieth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; and they dreaded me for the commandment and (the) teachings of men,

Daniel 7:25And he shall speak words against the high God, and he shall defoul the saints of the Highest; and he shall guess, that he may change times and laws, (or And he shall speak words against the Most High God, and he shall defile, or shall oppress, the saints of the Most High God; and he shall think, that he can change the times for the feasts, and the laws); and they shall be given into his hands, till to time, and times, and the half of time.

Matthew 15:3He answered, and said to them, Why break ye the commandment of God for your tradition?

Mark 7:13and ye break the word of God by your tradition, that ye have given; and ye do many [other] such things.

Galatians 2:21I cast not away the grace of God; for if rightwiseness be through (the) law [or for if rightwiseness is by the law], then Christ died without cause. (I do not throw away God’s grace; because if righteousness can be gained through the Law, then the Messiah died without any reason or for no purpose.)

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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