Mark 7:6-13
Summary for Mark 7:6-8: 7:6-8 a Jesus first responds by quoting Isa 29:13 b (Greek version), which deals with the farce of equating man-made ideas with God’s commands. It describes well the situation in which the Pharisees had substituted their human tradition for God’s law.Summary for Mark 7:9-13: 7:9-13 c Next, Jesus provides an instance where the Pharisees’ traditions contradicted God’s law and allowed them to sidestep its requirements.
Summary for Mark 7:11-12: 7:11-12 d But you say: The contrast with God’s law is emphatic—their tradition repudiated God’s command for people to honor their parents by providing for their needs.
• ‘For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you’: The tradition said that people could sidestep their obligation to support their parents by dedicating some of their resources to God, thus disregarding and dishonoring their needy parents.
7:13 e The result of such traditions was to cancel the word of God.
• only one example among many others: It was not an isolated instance; see, e.g., Isa 1:10-20 f; 58:1-14 g.
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