Mark 7:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Matt 15:3-6 : 3 And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:13 : 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
  • Mark 7:3 : 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
  • 2 Kgs 16:10-16 : 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the 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. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings, upon the altar. 14 And the brazen altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
  • Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
  • Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them] ;
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Dan 7:25 : 25 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.
  • Dan 11:36 : 36 And 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 he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

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    2and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

    3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

    4and [when they come] from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels .)

    5And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

    6And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

    7But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

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    2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

    3And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

    4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

    5But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ;

    6he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

    7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

    8This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

    9But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

    10And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

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    10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

    11but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God] ;

    12ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

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