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Mark 7:9
And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
Mark 7:9 · Young's Literal Translation
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 and he answering said to them--`Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;
7 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;
8 for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'
9 And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
10 for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;
11 and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), is whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,
12 and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,
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