Mark 7 · Verse 13

Mark 7:13

Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Mark 7:13, King James Version

Mark 7:13 in other translations

BSBThus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
WEBmaking void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
ASVmaking void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
YLTsetting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'
DARBYmaking void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
BBEMaking the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
WebsterMaking the word of God of no effect through your traditions, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

What does Mark 7:13 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Your tradition - D, later Syriac in the margin, Saxon, and all the Itala but one, add τῃ μωρᾳ, by your Foolish tradition, your foolish law: - Anglo-Saxon.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 7:1-13

One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear…

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Mark 7:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἀκυροῦντεςakurountesmaking voidG208
τὸνtontheG3588
λόγονlogonwordG3056
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316
τῇtēafor theG3588
παραδόσειparadoseitraditionG3862
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
ᾗhēwhichG3739
παρεδώκατε·paredōkateyou have handed down;G3860
καὶkaiAndG2532
παρόμοιαparomoialike [things]G3946
τοιαῦταtoiautasuchG5108
πολλὰpollamanyG4183
ποιεῖτε.¶poieiteyou do.G4160

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 7:13

  • Mark 7:9

    And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

  • Titus 1:14

    Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

  • Isaiah 8:20

    To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  • Matthew 5:17-20

    Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

  • Matthew 15:6

    And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  • Jeremiah 8:8-9

    How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

  • Hosea 8:12

    I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

  • Mark 7:3

    For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

  • Ezekiel 18:14

    Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

  • Galatians 5:21

    Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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the word.
9; Isa 8:20; Jer 8:8,9; Ho 8:12; Mt 5:17-20; 15:6; Tit 1:14
such.
Eze 18:14; Ga 5:21

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Context

  • Mark 7:12

    And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

  • Mark 7:13

    Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

  • Mark 7:14

    And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

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Mark 7:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Invalidando la palabra de Dios con vuestra tradición que disteis: y muchas cosas hacéis semejantes á éstas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
annulant la parole de Dieu par votre tradition que vous vous êtes transmise les uns aux autres; et vous faites beaucoup de choses semblables.
German
Elberfelder 1871
indem ihr das Wort Gottes ungültig machet durch eure Überlieferung, die ihr überliefert habt; und vieles dergleichen Ähnliche tut ihr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
rescindentes verbum Dei per traditionem vestram, quam tradidistis: et similia hujusmodi multa facitis.