Mark 7:9

9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe^[a] your own traditions!

Mark 7:9 in Other Translations

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

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

9 Then he said, “You skillfully sidestep God’s law in order to hold on to your own tradition.

9 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!

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

9 He added, "You have no trouble rejecting the commandments of God in order to keep your own traditions!

9 He also said to them, "You completely invalidate God's command in order to maintain your tradition!

9 Jesus then said to them, "You have a fine way of setting aside God's commands! You do this so you can follow your own teachings.

Mark 7:9 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:9

And he said unto them
He continued his discourse, saying,

full well,
or "fairly",

ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own
tradition:
these words may be considered, as spoken ironically, thus; as pious and excellently good men, you in a very fair and handsome manner, reject and make void the commandments and laws of God; and it is very fit it should be so, in order to preserve your own traditions, that nothing may be wanting to keep up the honour of them, and a due regard to them. The Arabic version reads the words by way of interrogation, "is it fit that you should omit the commandments of God, and keep your own statutes?" and so the Ethiopic, "do ye rightly make void the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own commandment?" Which makes them come nearer to the passage in Matthew; (See Gill on Matthew 15:3).

Mark 7:9 In-Context

7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’

8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”

9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observeyour own traditions!

10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’

11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—

Cross References

• 1. S ver 3

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts "set up"