KJV King James Version
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
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And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.
And he said to them, ‘Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
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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