Mark 7:9
He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
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- Matt 15:3-6 : 3 He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
- Mark 7:13 : 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
- Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!
- 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.
- Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
- 2 Kgs 16:10-16 : 10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. 11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. 12 When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it. 13 He offered his burnt sacrifice and his grain offering. He poured out his libation and sprinkled the blood from his peace offerings on the altar. 14 He moved the bronze altar that stood in the LORD’s presence from the front of the temple(between the altar and the LORD’s temple) and put it on the north side of the new altar. 15 King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest,“On the large altar offer the morning burnt sacrifice, the evening grain offering, the royal burnt sacrifices and grain offering, the burnt sacrifice for all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their libations. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt sacrifice and other sacrifices on it. The bronze altar will be for my personal use.” 16 So Uriah the priest did exactly as King Ahaz ordered.
- Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time for the LORD to act– they break your law!
- Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.
- Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
- Jer 44:16-17 : 16 “We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us! 17 Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
- Dan 7:25 : 25 He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time.
- 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.
- Dan 11:36 : 36 “Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur.
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- Mark 7:2-87 verses90%
2 And 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.
4 And 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.)
5 The 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?”
6 He 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.
7 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’
8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”
- Matt 15:2-109 verses85%
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
3 He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”
6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,
9 and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.
- Mark 7:10-145 verses85%
10 For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
11 But 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),
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.
13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
14 Then he called the crowd again and said to them,“Listen to me, everyone, and understand.
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39 But 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.
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22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.
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30 However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
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19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”
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3 He answered them,“What did Moses command you?”
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15 But 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.
- Matt 23:25-262 verses69%
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.
26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
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19 You know the commandments:‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
- Matt 23:3-42 verses69%
3 Therefore 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.
4 They 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.
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14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.
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20 You know the commandments:‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”
- Acts 7:51-522 verses68%
51 “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
52 Which 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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22 However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision(not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.
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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.
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6 Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.
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6 Do 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.
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42 “But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.
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4 for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.
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5 But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.
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7 If you had known what this means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
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8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!
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18 On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,
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2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
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7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
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20 These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”
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18 But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said,“Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?