Mark 7:9

9 Jesus continued, " Clearly, you are experts at rejecting God's commandment in order to establish these rules.

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 Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human words.

8 You ignore God's commandment while holding on to rules created by humans and handed down to you."

9 Jesus continued, "Clearly, you are experts at rejecting God's commandment in order to establish these rules.

10 Moses said, Honor your father and your mother, and The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death.

11 But you say, ‘If you tell your father or mother, Everything I'm expected to contribute to you is corban (that is, a gift I'm giving to God),