making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.*
Mark 7:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) (For the Perushim, and all the Judeans, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless [merely for ceremonial reasons] they wash their hands [diligently up to the elbow] with clenched fist, adhering [carefully and faithfully] to the tradition of [practices and customs handed down to them by] their forefathers [to be observed]. American Standard Version (1901) (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders; Common English Bible The Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat without first washing their hands carefully. This is a way of observing the rules handed down by the elders. Catholic Public Domain Version For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients: |
making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.*
The Perushim and the scribes asked him, *Why don't your talmidim walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?*
When the Parush saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jewish manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
I advanced in traditional Judaism beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Messiah.
knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,