"And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. {reject: or, fru…" — Mark 7:9

Mark 7:9 · KJV

“And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. {reject: or, frustrate}”

— Mark 7:9

Verse 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.

Verse 10

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

Mark 7 — Context

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men.

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.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. {reject: or, frustrate}

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

Cross References

Isaiah 29:13

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near {me} with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Jeremiah 44:16-17

{As for} the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

Galatians 2:21

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness {come} by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

Matthew 15:3-6

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Psalms 119:126

{It is} time for {thee}, LORD, to work: {for} they have made void thy law.

Mark 7:3

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash {their} hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. {oft: or, diligently: in the original, with the fist: Theophylact, up to the elbow}

Mark 7:13

And when he had called all the people {unto him}, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one {of you}, and understand: