Mark 7:8
‹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.›
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- Mark 7:3-4 : 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 have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
- Isa 1:12 : 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
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- Mark 7:9-146 verses90%
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;›
13 ‹Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.›
14 And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said unto them, ‹Hearken unto me every one› [of you], ‹and understand:›
- Mark 7:2-76 verses86%
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 have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
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.›
- Matt 15:2-1110 verses80%
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?›
4 ‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›
5 ‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›
6 ‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.›
7 [Ye] ‹hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,›
8 ‹This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with› [their] ‹lips; but their heart is far from me.›
9 ‹But in vain they do worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.›
10 ¶ And he called the multitude, and said unto them, ‹Hear, and understand:›
11 ‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›
- Col 2:22-232 verses74%
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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20 ‹These are› [the things] ‹which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.›
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14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
- Matt 23:23-264 verses71%
23 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier› [matters] ‹of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›
24 [Ye] ‹blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.›
25 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.›
26 [Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›
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39 And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.›
- Matt 23:3-42 verses70%
3 ‹All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,› [that] ‹observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.›
4 ‹For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay› [them] ‹on men's shoulders; but they› [themselves] ‹will not move them with one of their fingers.›
- Luke 11:41-422 verses69%
41 ‹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.›
42 ‹But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›
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8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
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8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Mark 7:18-203 verses69%
18 And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›
19 ‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›
20 And he said, ‹That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.›
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6 ¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
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15 And he said unto them, ‹Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.›
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8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
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18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
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30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
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6 ‹Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.›
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10 [Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.
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51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
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22 ‹Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.›
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22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.