King James Version (KJV)
Mark 7:9
“And he said unto them, ‹Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.›”
Verse in context — Mark 7
‹Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.›
‹For 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.›
And he said unto them, ‹Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.›
‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:›
‹But 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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