Mark 7:13
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Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
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FOUR THOUSAND MIRACULOUSLY FED--A SIGN FROM HEAVEN SOUGHT AND REFUSED--THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES--A BLIND MAN AT BETHSAIDA RESTORED TO SIGHT. ( = Mat. 15:32-16:12). (Mark 8:1-26) In those days the multitude being very great, &c.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. Christ's dispute with the scribes and Pharisees about eating meat with unwashen hands (Mar 7:1-13); and the needful instructions he gave to the people on that occasion, and further explained to his disciples (Mar 7:14-23). II. His curing of the woman Canaan's daughter that was possessed (Mar 7:24-30). III. The relief of a man that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech (Mar 7:31-37).
Open source ↗7:13 The result of such traditions was to cancel the word of God. • only one example among many others: It was not an isolated instance; see, e.g., Isa 1:10-20; 58:1-14.
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He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.