Mark 7:9

Mark 7:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
• New International Version (NIV)And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
• New King James Version (NKJV)He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

Context of Mark 7:9

7Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.’ 8“You abandon the commandments of God to follow human traditions.” He added, “You have no trouble rejecting the commandments of God in order to keep your own traditions! 10For example, Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother must be put to death.’ 11But you say, ‘If a person tells his father or mother that whatever he might have used to help them is corban (that is, an offering to God),

Mark 7:9 word by word

καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Full wellκαλῶςkalōs · wellG2573
• ye rejectἀθετέωatheteō · to rejectG114
• the commandmentὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• ye may keepτηρέωtēreō · to keep: observeG5083
• your ownσύsu · youG4771
• traditionπαράδοσιςparadosis · traditionG3862

Cross-references for Mark 7:9

• 2 Kings 16:10Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria. He saw an altar there in Damascus. So King Ahaz sent the priest Urijah a model of the altar and a set of detailed plans.
• Isaiah 24:5The earth is polluted by those who live on it because they’ve disobeyed the Lord’s teachings, violated his laws, and rejected the everlasting promise.
• Isaiah 29:13The Lord says, “These people worship me with their mouths and honor me with their lips. But their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is ⌞based on⌟ rules made by humans.
• Jeremiah 44:16“We won’t listen to the message that you have spoken to us in the Lord’s name.
• Daniel 7:25He will speak against the Most High God, oppress the holy people of the Most High, and plan to change the appointed times and laws. The holy people will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half of a time.
• Daniel 11:36“The king will do as he pleases. He will highly honor himself above every god. He will say amazing things against the God of gods. He will succeed until God’s anger is over, because what has been decided must be done.
• Matthew 15:3He answered them, “Why do you break the commandment of God because of your traditions?
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4He opposes every so-called god or anything that is worshiped and places himself above them, sitting in God’s temple and claiming to be God.
• Mark 7:13Because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of God’s word. And you do many other things like that.”
• Psalms 119:126It is time for you to act, O Lord. Even though people have abolished your teachings,
• Romans 3:31Are we abolishing the laws in the Scriptures by this faith? That’s unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting these laws.
• Galatians 2:21I don’t reject God’s kindness. If we receive God’s approval by obeying the laws in the Scriptures, then Christ’s death was pointless.

Commentaries on Mark 7:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Full well - , - a strong irony. How noble is your conduct! From conscientious attachment to your own traditions ye have annihilated the commandments of God! That ye may keep - But , that ye may establish, is the reading of D, three others, Syriac, all the Itala, with Cyprian, Jerome, and Zeno. Griesbach thinks it should be received instead of the other. God's law was nothing to these men, in comparison of their own: hear a case in point. "Rabba said, How…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-23Verses 1-23 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 7:1 Came from Jerusalem - Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. Mark 7:2 Defiled hands - The hands were considered defiled or polluted unless they were washed previous to every meal. Mark 7:3 Except they wash their hands oft - Our word “oft” means frequently, often. The Greek wore translated oft has been rendered various ways. Some have said that it means…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-13Next, Jesus gives an example where the Pharisees’ traditions went against God’s law. Their traditions allowed them to avoid what God’s law required.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 7:9

• Ablution
• Children
• Commandments
• Ecclesiasticism
• Jesus, the Christ
• Moses
• Pharisees
• Purification
• Tradition
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abundance
• Covetousness
• Hold
• String
• Tradition
• Washing
• Ablution
• Commandment, the New

Commentaries on Mark 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings