Mark 7:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Mark 7:7

5 ^aThen the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

6 He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ^ahypocrites, as it is written:
^b‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.

7 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men —the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”

9 He said to them, “All too well ^ayou reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

10 For Moses said, ^a‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ^b‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’

11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, ^a“Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban”—’ (that is, a gift to God),

12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,

13 making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

14 ^aWhen He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and ^bunderstand:

15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that ^adefile a man.

Verse Comparison: Mark 7:7

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American Standard Version
But in vain do they worship me, Teaching `as their' doctrines the precepts of men.

Amplified® Bible
In vain (fruitlessly and without profit) do they worship Me, ordering {and} teaching [to be obeyed] as doctrines the commandments {and} precepts of men.

Contemporary English Version
It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules made up by humans."

Darby English Version
But in vain do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.

Good News Bible
It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!'

International Standard Version
Their worship of me is empty, because they teach human rules as doctrines.'

King James Version
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

New American Standard Bible
`BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'

New International Version
They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by men.'

New King James Version
And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'

Young's Literal Translation
and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

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