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Mark 7:9

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Mark 7:9 - Amplified Bible

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)!

Mark 7:9 - American Standard Version

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

Mark 7:9 - Bible in Basic English

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.

Mark 7:9 - Darby Bible

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].

Mark 7:9 - English Standard Version

And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

Mark 7:9 - King James Version

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

Mark 7:9 - La Biblia de las Americas

También les decìa: Astutamente violáis el mandamiento de Dios para guardar vuestra tradiciòn.

Mark 7:9 - The Message

He went on, "Well, good for you. You get rid of God’s command so you won’t be inconvenienced in following the religious fashions! Moses said, ’Respect your father and mother,’ and, ’Anyone denouncing father or mother should be killed.’ But you weasel out of that by saying that it’s perfectly acceptable to say to father or mother, ’Gift! What I owed you I’ve given as a gift to God,’ thus relieving yourselves of obligation to father or mother. You scratch out God’s Word and scrawl a whim in its place. You do a lot of things like this."

Mark 7:9 - New American Standard Bible

He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

Mark 7:9 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

También les decìa: "Astutamente ustedes violan el mandamiento de Dios para guardar su tradiciòn.

Mark 7:9 - World English Bible

He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

Mark 7:9 - Young's Living Translation

And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

Mark 7:9 - Additional Comments

Again, as in verse 8, Jesus makes it clear that keeping their traditions is in contrast with the commands of God, the very thing the traditions sought to uphold. But it wasn't working.

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