Mark Chapter 7 verse 9 Holy Bible
And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.
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And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.
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And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].
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And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
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He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Here the word καλῶς is repeated. Full well (kalw = ) do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. It is as though our Lord said, "Your traditions are not instituted by God, or by his servants the prophets, but they are modern inventions, which you desire to defend, not out of love or reverence for them, but because you are the successors of those who invented them, and arrogate to yourselves the power of adding to them and making similar new traditions.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Full well ye reject.--The adverb is peculiar to St. Mark, and has in it the ring of a scathing and indignant irony. The word "reject" is hardly formal enough, the Greek conveying the idea, as in Galatians 3:15, Hebrews 7:18, of "rescinding" or "repealing." This the Pharisees practically did when they added traditions which pretended to be interpretations, but were in reality at variance with it.
