Mark 7:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

You are good at rejecting God's commands so that you can follow your own teachings!

Cross References

Galatians 2:21

I don't turn my back on God's gift of undeserved grace. If we can be acceptable to God by obeying the Law, it was useless for Christ to die.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth is polluted because its people disobeyed the laws of God, breaking their agreement that was to last forever.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord has said: “These people praise me with their words, but they never really think about me. They worship me by repeating rules made up by humans.

Mark 7:13

And you ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. You do a lot of other things just as bad.

Mark 7:3

The Pharisees and many others obey the teachings of their ancestors. They always wash their hands in the proper way before eating.

Psalm 119:126

Do something, Lord! They have broken your Law.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will brag and oppose everything holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God.

Romans 3:31

Do we destroy the Law by our faith? Not at all! We make it even more powerful.

Daniel 11:36

This king will do as he pleases. He will proudly claim to be greater than any god and will insult the only true God. Indeed, he will be successful until God is no longer angry with his people.

Daniel 7:25

“This king will speak evil of God Most High, and he will be cruel to God's chosen ones. He will try to change God's Law and the sacred seasons. And he will be able to do this for a time, two times, and half a time.

Mark 7:5

The Pharisees and teachers asked Jesus, “Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? Why do they eat without washing their hands?”

2 Corinthians 11:4

We told you about Jesus, and you received the Holy Spirit and accepted our message. But you let some people tell you about another Jesus. Now you are ready to receive another spirit and accept a different message.

Galatians 1:14

I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law our ancestors had given us.