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Mark 7:9

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And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

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KJV King James Version

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

WEB World English Bible

He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

ASV American Standard Version

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And he said to them, ‘Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

Surrounding context — Mark 7

6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.

7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.

8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is] Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; [he shall be free].

12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

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Isaiah 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:Galatians 2:21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.Jeremiah 44:16-17[As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.Isaiah 24:5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.Matthew 15:3-6But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?Psalm 119:126[It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.Mark 7:13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.Romans 3:31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.2 Kings 16:10-16And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.Daniel 7:25And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.2 Thessalonians 2:4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.Daniel 11:36And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.