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Mark 7:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

Mark 7:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Mark 7:8

Theological / Devotional

Commandment of God. The singular form, as here, refers to all that God has commanded—all His revealed will (see on Matt. 22:37, 39). God’s “commandment is exceeding broad” (Ps. 119:96); it includes “the whole duty of man” (Eccl. 12:13). The ideal set before us is that of being “perfect,” even as our “Father which is in heaven is perfect” (see on Matt. 5:48).

Tradition. The “tradition of men” stands forth in uncompromising contrast with the “commandment of God.”

The washing. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 146) the omission of the remainder of v. 8, beginning with these words. The statement is, however, unquestionably true, for the same thought is expressed in vs. 4, 13.

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