The Tradition of the Elders
Mark 7:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.NA establish
- KJV
- And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
- WEB
- He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
- ASV
- And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.
- LSV
- And He said to them, “Well do you put away the command of God that you may keep your tradition;
- YLT
- And he said to them, 'Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
- DBY
- 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].Elohim
- DRC
- And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
- GNV
- And he sayd vnto them, Well, ye reiect the commandement of God, that ye may obserue your owne tradition.
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- NA27 read στήσητε (“you may maintain”); NA28, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τηρήσητε (“you may keep”).
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- SBLGNT: τηρήσητε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read τηρήσητε; Westcott and Hort (margin), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read στήσητε.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· Καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε·
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε.
- SCR1894
- και ελεγεν αυτοις καλως αθετειτε την εντολην του θεου ινα την παραδοσιν υμων τηρησητε
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- Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Jeremiah 44:16–17“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her,…
- Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
- Isaiah 24:5The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
- Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
- Matthew 15:3–6Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that…
- Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- Mark 7:3Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
- Mark 7:13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
- 2 Kings 16:10–16Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. And Uriah the…
- Daniel 7:25He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Daniel 11:36Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what…
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