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Mark 7:9

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

KJV

καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε.

Greek NT

Et dicebat illis : Bene irritum facitis præceptum Dei, ut traditionem vestram servetis.

Vulgate

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

ASV

And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλῶς
kalos
adverb · 36×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παράδοσις
paradosis
noun · 13×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἀθετέω
atheteo
verb · 16×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: τηρήσητε | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: τηρήσητε | WHmarg/NA: στήσητε
  • τηρήσητεSBLGNT
  • τηρήσητεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • στήσητεWestcott-Hort (margin), Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 16:10 — And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, a
  • 2Thess 2:4 — Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
  • Dan 7:25 — And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times a
  • Dan 11:36 — And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indi
  • Eph 6:2 — Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
  • Gal 2:21 — I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
  • Gal 2:21 — I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
  • Isa 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
  • Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p
  • Jer 44:16 — As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
  • Mark 7:3 — For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
  • Mark 7:13 — Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
  • Mark 7:13 — Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
  • Matt 15:3 — But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
  • Ps 119:126 — It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
  • Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.