Mark 7:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “Forsaking the command of Elohim, you hold fast the tradition of men.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ You disregard and give up and ask to depart from you the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men [keeping it carefully and faithfully].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

Common English Bible

⁸ You ignore God’s commandment while holding on to rules created by humans and handed down to you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these."

Mark 7:8 Cross References

Isaiah 1:12

“When you come to appear before Me, who has required this from your hand, to trample My courtyards?

Mark 7:5

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your taught ones not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

Galatians 1:14

And I progressed in Yehuḏ