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Mark 7:8-9 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verses 8–9
8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.Mark 7:8-9 · King James Version
Mark 7:8-9 in context
6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandmententolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- traditionparadosisgiving up, giving over, the act of giving up, the surrender of cities, a giving over…G3862 →
- washingbaptismosa washing, purification effected by means of water, of washing prescribed by the Mosaic…G909 →
- rejectatheteōto do away with, to set aside, disregard, to thwart the efficacy of anything, nullify…G114 →
- asideaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- holdkrateōto have power, be powerful, to be chief, be master of, to rule, to get possession of, to…G2902 →
- potsxestēsa sextarius, a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint , a wooden pitcher or…G3582 →
- cupspotēriona cup, a drinking vessel, metaph. one's lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse…G4221 →
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One great design of Christ's coming, was, to set aside the ceremonial law which God made, and to put an end to it; to make way for which he begins with the ceremonial law which men had made, and added to the law of God's making, and discharges his disciples from the obligation of that;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23