Mark 7:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You disobey God's commands in order to obey what humans have taught.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:12

“Who asked you to bring all this when you come to worship me? Stay out of my temple!

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?”

Galatians 1:14

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