Mark 7:9 - English Standard Version 2016 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said to them, You have a fine way of rejecting [thus thwarting and nullifying and doing away with] the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition (your own human regulations)! American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. Common English Bible Jesus continued, “Clearly, you are experts at rejecting God’s commandment in order to establish these rules. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. |
The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
“And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods. He shall prosper till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.
He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.
thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders,
And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.