Mark 7:13

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Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

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  • Mark 7:9 : 9 He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
  • Hos 8:12 : 12 I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.
  • Ezek 18:14 : 14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.
  • Matt 5:17-20 : 17 Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place. 19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
  • Matt 15:6 : 6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:3 : 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How can you say,“We are wise! We have the law of the LORD”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 9 Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have?

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  • Mark 7:2-12
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    2And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

    3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

    4And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

    5The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”

    6He said to them,“Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

    7They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’

    8Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”

    9He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

    10For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

    11But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’(that is, a gift for God),

    12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

  • Matt 15:2-7
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    2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

    3He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

    4For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

    5But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

    6he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

    7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

  • Matt 15:9-11
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    9and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

    10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

    11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

  • Mark 7:14
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    14Then he called the crowd again and said to them,“Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

  • Heb 7:18
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    18On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

  • Matt 23:3-4
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    3Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

    4They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

  • Mark 11:17
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    17Then he began to teach them and said,“Is it not written:‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

  • Col 2:22
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    22These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

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    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

  • Acts 7:51-52
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    51“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

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    18He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

  • Matt 23:23-25
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    23“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

    24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

    25“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

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    8You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

  • Jer 7:8
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    8“‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

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    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

  • Matt 12:7
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    7If you had known what this means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

  • Mark 11:28
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    28and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

  • Matt 13:14
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    14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

  • John 5:38
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

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    15“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

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    16To those who sold the doves he said,“Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

  • Matt 21:13
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    13And he said to them,“It is written,‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

  • Luke 11:39
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    39But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • Matt 12:5
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    5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

  • Titus 1:14
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    14and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.

  • Matt 15:20
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    20These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”

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    13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

  • Mark 7:20
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    20He said,“What comes out of a person defiles him.