Mark 7:6-9

Listen to Mark 7:6-9
6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you 1hypocrites, as it is written, 2“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as 3doctrines the commandments of men. ’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men. ”
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of 4rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

Cross References 4

  • 1. 7:6 Matt. 23:13
  • 2. 7:6 Cited from Isa. 29:13; [Ezek. 33:31]
  • 3. 7:7 Col. 2:22; Titus 1:14
  • 4. 7:9 Luke 7:30; Gal. 2:21 (Gk.); Heb. 10:28 (Gk.)
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