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Do Christians Obey God's Law, or Man's Law?

How Jesus rejected the Mishnah, the unwritten rabinical law which became the first part of the written Talmud

The attempt to replace God's law (298 words from the Ten Commandments) with "family law" (14,288 words which take up as much space as an encyclopedia) has failed today, just as it failed in Jesus' time.   For Jesus' efforts, Jews insulted Him, and all Christians worldwide, throughout history,  in their heinous Talmud, proving that Jesus' words hit their mark.

It also proves that it is the followers of the Talmud who Jesus condemned for being hypocrites, and for replacing God's law with man's law.

Mark 7

King James Version

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Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

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And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

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

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And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

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He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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

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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.

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

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For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

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But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

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

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

New King James Version

Jesus Rebukes the Pharisees' Traditions
^{* 1} Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. ²Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. ³For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁴When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.
⁵Then 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?"
⁶He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:


       "This people honors Me with their lips,
       But their heart is far from Me.
       ⁷And in vain they worship Me,
       Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'


⁸For 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."
⁹He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. ¹⁰For Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother'; and, "He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' ¹¹But you say, "If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban"--' (that is, a gift to God), ¹²then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother, ¹³making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do."

YLT Version:

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And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

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and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

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for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

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and, [coming] from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

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Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

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and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;

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and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

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for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

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And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

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for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

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and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), [is] whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

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and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

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setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

Darby Version:

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And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,

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and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,

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(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;

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and [on coming] from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),

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then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?

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But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.

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

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[For], leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men [to keep] -- washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.

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And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].

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For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.

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But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...

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And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;

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making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.

NIV Version:

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The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and

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saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed.

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(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.

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When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles. ^[1] )

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So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with `unclean' hands?"

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He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: "`These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

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They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' ^[2]

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You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."

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And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe ^[3] your own traditions!

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For Moses said, `Honor your father and your mother,' <sup>[4]</sup> and, `Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' ^[5]

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But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: `Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),

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

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Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

NIV-IBS Version:

1The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and ²saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed. ³(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. ^4[1]When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.)
⁵So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with 'unclean' hands?"
⁶He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
    " 'These people honor me with their lips,
       but their hearts are far from me.
   ⁷They worship me in vain;
      ^[2] their teachings are but rules taught by men.' ⁸You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
^9[3]And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! ^10[4][5]For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' ¹¹But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), ¹²then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. ¹³Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

RSV Version:

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Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

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they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed.

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(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders;

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and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.)

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And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?"

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And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

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in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'

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You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men."

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And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!

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For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die';

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but you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban' (that is, given to God) --

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then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,

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thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do."

 

NASB Version:

 

 

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The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come ^* from Jerusalem,

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and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with ^* impure hands, that is, unwashed.

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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they ^[1] carefully wash their hands, thus observing the ^* traditions of the elders;

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and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they ^[2] cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the ^[3] washing of ^* cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

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The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, ""Why do Your disciples not walk according to the ^* tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with ^* impure hands?''

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And He said to them, ""Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: "^* THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.

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"^* BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'

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""Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the ^* tradition of men.''

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He was also saying to them, ""You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your ^* tradition.

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""For Moses said, "^* HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'; and, "^* HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO ^[4] BE PUT TO DEATH';

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but you say, "If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is ^* Corban (that is to say, ^[5] given to God),'

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you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;

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thus invalidating the word of God by your ^* tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.''

WE Version:

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Then some Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus.

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They saw some of the disciples eating food. They had not washed their hands before they ate. The Pharisees said that was wrong.

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They and all the Jews keep the laws made by men. God did not give them those laws. They do not eat until they wash their hands very well.

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When they come from the market, they do not eat until they have washed themselves. They also keep many other laws such as washing cups, pots, brass pans, and beds.

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The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, `Why do your disciples not keep the law our fathers made? Why do they eat with hands that are not clean?'

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Jesus said to them, `Isaiah spoke the truth about you people! You are not true to yourselves! He wrote about you this way: "These people respect me with their mouths. But their hearts are far from me. They do not mean it in their hearts when they worship me. Their teachings are only words of men."

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`You do not keep the law of God, but you keep the laws made by people. Those laws are about washing pots and cups. You do many other things like that also.

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`You break God's law so that you can keep your own law.

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Moses said, "Respect your father and your mother. Anyone who says wrong things to his father or his mother will die."

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You say, "Tell your father or your mother that what you were going to give to them is Corban." (That means a gift to God.)

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So you stop him from doing anything for his father and mother.

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You make God's law to mean nothing so that you can keep your own laws. You do many other things like that also.'

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