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Mark 7:9
And he said to them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition,
Mark 7:9 · Webster 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 He answered and said to them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 But, in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
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.
9 And he said to them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition,
10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Whoever curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is] Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me; [he shall be free].
12 And ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother;
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