making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
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making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
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makinge the worde of God of none effecte through youre awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche thinges ye do.
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Making the worde of God of none authoritie, by your tradition which ye haue ordeined: and ye doe many such like things.
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Passages linked to Mark 7:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 7:9 He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
- Titus 1:14 not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
- Isaiah 8:20 Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
- Matthew 5:17-20 “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished. Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Jeremiah 8:8-9 “ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie. The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
- Hosea 8:12 I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.
- Matthew 15:6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
- Ezekiel 18:14 “Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father’s sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;
- Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
- Galatians 5:21 envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 13 Making the word of God of none effect…
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Ver. 13. {See Trapp on "Mat 15:6"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Making the word of God of none effect, through…
Making the word of God of none effect, through your tradition,.... Beza says, in his most ancient copy it is read, "your foolish tradition"; and such it was indeed, that a vow made rashly, and in a passion, or if ever so deliberately entered into, should be more binding upon a man than the law of God; that rather than break this, he should transgress a divine command; and that though he might see his folly, and repent of his sin in making such a wicked vow, he could not go back from it, without the permission of a wise man: should his poor distressed parents come to him for assistance, he was obliged to answer them, that he had bound himself by a vow, that they should receive no advantage from his substance; and should they remonstrate to him the command of God, to honour them and take care of them, and observe that that command is enforced by promises and threatenings; he had this to reply, and was instructed to do it, that it was the sense of the wise men and doctors, and agreeably to the traditions of the elders, to which he ought rather to attend, than to the words of the law, that he should keep and fulfil his vow, whatever command was neglected or broken by it.
Which ye have delivered: they received it from their ancestors, and delivered it to their disciples; and it is in this way, that all their traditions were delivered: they say (x), that
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"Moses received the law (the oral law) at Sinai, "and delivered" it to Joshua; and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets; and the prophets to the men of the great synagogue; the last of which was Simeon the just; and Antigonus, a man of Socho, received it from him; and Jose ben Joezer, a man of Tzeredah, and Jose ben Jochanan, a man of Jerusalem, received it from Antigonus; and Joshua ben Perachiah (said to be the master of Jesus Christ), and Nitthai the Arbelite, received it from them; and Judah ben Tabai, and Simeon ben Shetach, received it from them; and Shemaiah and Abtalion received it from them; and from them Hillell and Shammai.''
Who were now the heads of the two grand schools of the Jews; these received, and delivered out these traditions to the Scribes and Pharisees, and they to their disciples:
and many such like things do ye; meaning, that there were many other traditions besides this now mentioned; whereby, instead of preserving the written law, which, they pretended, these were an hedge unto (y), they, in a great many instances, made it void.
(x) Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. (y) Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. Your tradition] D, later Syriac in the…
Verse 13. Your tradition] D, later Syriac in the margin, Saxon, and all the Itala but one, add τη μωρα, by your FOOLISH tradition. [Anglo-Saxon], your foolish law: - Anglo-Saxon.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. through your tradition] The Jews distinguished between the…
13. through your tradition] The Jews distinguished between the “Written Law” and the traditional or “Unwritten Law.” The Unwritten Law was said to have been orally delivered by God to Moses, and by him orally transmitted to the Elders. On it was founded the Talmud or “doctrine,” which consists of (1) the Mishna or “repetition” of the Law, (2) the Gemara or “supplement” to it. So extravagant did the veneration for the Traditional Law become, that there was amongst many other sayings this assertion, “The Law is like salt, the Mishna like pepper, the Gemara like balmy spice.” Buxtorf, Synag. Jud. ch. 3.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) Making the word of God of none effect.—Again…
(13) Making the word of God of none effect.—Again the Greek word is somewhat more technical, making null and void, cancelling, as in Gal_3:17.
Through your tradition.—Here the structure of the sentence points to the “tradition” as being the instrument with which the Law was made null and void. In Mat_15:6 the meaning is slightly different (see Note there).
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Many such like things.—Assuming the words “washing of cups and pots,” in Mar_7:8, to be genuine, there is an emphatic scorn expressed in this iteration of the same formula.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:13 The result of such traditions was to cancel…
7:13 The result of such traditions was to cancel the word of God. • only one example among many others: It was not an isolated instance; see, e.g., Isa 1:10-20; 58:1-14.
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