Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
Parallel translations
- WEB making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
- KJV Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- NKJV making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
- NASB thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
- NLT And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”
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Quick answer
Jesus concluded that they nullify God's word by their tradition, doing many such things. It is a sweeping indictment of tradition that contradicts Scripture.
Overview
Jesus summarized the Corban example as one of many ways their tradition made void the word of God. The charge underscores the supreme authority of Scripture over every human invention. It calls believers in every age to ensure that traditions serve rather than supplant God's revealed will.
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Cross-references · 10
- Mark 7:9He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
- Titus 1:14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
- Matt 5:17–20Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
- Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Hos 8:12Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
- Jer 8:8–9How 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?
- Matt 15:6he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- Mark 7:3Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
- Ezek 18:14Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
- Gal 5:21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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