Marcos 7:9

9 Y añadió:—¡Qué buena manera tienen ustedes de dejar a un lado los mandamientos de Dios para mantener^[a] sus propias tradiciones!

Marcos 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).

Marcos 7:9 In-Context

7 En vano me adoran;sus enseñanzas no son más que reglas humanas”.

8 Ustedes han desechado los mandamientos divinos y se aferran a las tradiciones humanas.

9 Y añadió:—¡Qué buena manera tienen ustedes de dejar a un lado los mandamientos de Dios para mantener sus propias tradiciones!

10 Por ejemplo, Moisés dijo: “Honra a tu padre y a tu madre”, y: “El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre será condenado a muerte”.

11 Ustedes, en cambio, enseñan que un hijo puede decirle a su padre o a su madre: “Cualquier ayuda que pudiera haberte dado es corbán” (es decir, ofrenda dedicada a Dios).

Footnotes

• [a]. "mantener" . Var. "establecer" .