Mark 7:9
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And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

Full.

2 Kings 16:10-16 And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Theglathphalasar, king of the Assyrians, and when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Achaz sent to Urias, the priest, a pattern of it, and its likeness, according to all the work thereof. . . .

Isaiah 24:5 And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Jeremiah 44:16,17 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee: . . .

Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.

Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made.

Matthew 15:3-6 But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and is lifted up above all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God.

reject.

Mark 7:13 Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.

Psalm 119:126 It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.

Romans 3:31 Do we then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid! But we establish the law.

Galatians 2:21 I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.

Context
Tradition and Worship
8For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these. 9And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. 10For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.…
Cross References
Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients.

Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands?

2 Corinthians 11:4
For if he that cometh preacheth another Christ, whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, whom you have not received; or another gospel, which you have not received: you might well bear with him.

Galatians 1:14
And I made progress in the Jew's religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Lexicon
He went on to say,
ἔλεγεν (elegen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“You neatly set aside
ἀθετεῖτε (atheteite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 114: From a compound of a and a derivative of tithemi; to set aside, i.e. to disesteem, neutralize or violate.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

commandment
ἐντολὴν (entolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.

of God
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

maintain
τηρήσητε (tērēsēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5083: From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[own]
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

tradition.
παράδοσιν (paradosin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3862: An instruction, tradition. From paradidomi; transmission, i.e. a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law.


Additional Translations
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the commandment of God to maintain your own tradition.

And He was saying to them, "Neatly do you set aside the commandment of God, that you might keep your tradition.

And he said to them, Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

And he said to them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition,

"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!

He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

And he said to them, 'Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
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