Mark 7:13

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So you are teaching that it is not important to do what God said. You think it is more important to follow those traditions you have, which you pass on to others. And you do many things like that.”

Cross References

Mark 7:9

Then he said, “You show great skill in avoiding the commands of God so that you can follow your own teachings!

Titus 1:14

and they will stop paying attention to the stories told by those Jews. They will stop following the commands of those who have turned away from the truth.

Hosea 8:12

Even if I wrote 10,000 laws for Ephraim, he would treat them as if they were for some stranger.

Isaiah 8:20

You should follow the teachings and the agreement. I swear, if you follow those other things, there is no future for you.

Mark 7:3

The Pharisees and all the other Jews never eat before washing their hands in this special way. They do this to follow the traditions they have from their great leaders who lived long ago.

Matthew 15:6

You are teaching them not to respect their father. So you are teaching that it is not important to do what God said. You think it is more important to follow those traditions you have.

Ezekiel 18:14

“Now, that evil son might also have a son. But this son sees the bad things his father did, and he refuses to live as his father did. He treats people fairly.

Galatians 5:21

being filled with envy, getting drunk, having wild parties, and doing other things like this. I warn you now as I warned you before: The people who do these things will not have a part in God’s kingdom.

Mark 7:5

The Pharisees and teachers of the law said to Jesus, “Your followers don’t follow the traditions we have from our great leaders who lived long ago. They eat their food with hands that are not clean. Why do they do this?”

Mark 7:12

You are telling people that they do not have to do anything for their father or mother.

Mark 7:14

Jesus called the people to him again. He said, “Everyone should listen to me and understand what I am saying.

Galatians 1:14

I was becoming a leader in the Jewish religion. I did better than most other Jews my own age. I tried harder than anyone else to follow the traditions we got from our ancestors.