King James Version
Mark 7:13
13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Mark 7:13 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do."
- New King James Version (NKJV)making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”
Context of Mark 7:13
11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. 14And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Read all of Mark 7Mark 7:13 word by word
ἀκυροῦντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παραδόσει ὑμῶν ᾗ παρεδώκατε· καὶ παρόμοια τοιαῦτα πολλὰ ποιεῖτε.¶Read the interlinear
- Makingἀκυρόωakuroō · to nullifyG208
- the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- through yourσύsu · youG4771
- traditionπαράδοσιςparadosis · traditionG3862
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- ye have deliveredπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- suchτοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108
- like thingsπαρόμοιοςparomoios · likeG3946
- doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
Cross-references for Mark 7:13
- Mark 7:9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
- Jeremiah 8:8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
- Hosea 8:12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
- Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- Matthew 15:6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- Ezekiel 18:14Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
- Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Commentaries on Mark 7:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Your tradition - D, later Syriac in the margin, Saxon, and all the Itala but one, add ͅ ͅ, by your Foolish tradition, your foolish law: - Anglo-Saxon.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. 13The result of such traditions was to cancel the word of God. in many such matters: This was not a unique instance (see, for example, Isaiah 1:10–20 and 58:1–14).Read the comment
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- 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
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