Mark 7:13
11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
12 he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
14 Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
15 Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
- KJV
- Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- WEB
- making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
- ASV
- making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
- DARBY
- making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
- BLB
- making void the word of God for your⁺ tradition, which you⁺ delivered. And you⁺ do many things as such.”
- ÅB
- og slik gjør dere Guds ord til intet ved deres vedtekt, som dere har pålagt menneskene. Og meget av samme slag gjør dere.
- OTB
- På denne måten gjør dere Guds ord ugyldig ved deres tradisjon som dere har overlevert. Og dere driver med mange lignende praksiser.”
- B1930
- og således gjør I Guds ord til intet ved eders vedtekt, som I har pålagt menneskene. Og meget av samme slag gjør I.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 7:9
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
Read in contextTitus 1:14
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Read in contextMatthew 5:17–20
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
Read in contextMatthew 15:6
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:8–9
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
Read in contextHosea 8:12
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
Read in contextMark 7:3
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
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