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Mark 7:9
And he sayd vnto them, Well, ye reiect the commandement of God, that ye may obserue your owne tradition.
Mark 7:9 · Geneva Bible
Mark 7:9 in other translations
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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In context
6 Then hee answered and sayd vnto them, Surely Esay hath prophecied well of you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth mee with lippes, but their heart is farre away from me.
7 But they worship me in vaine, teaching for doctrines the commandements of men.
8 For ye lay the commandement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and of cups, and many other such like things ye doe.
9 And he sayd vnto them, Well, ye reiect the commandement of God, that ye may obserue your owne tradition.
10 For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death.
11 But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.
12 So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother,
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