Mark 7:9

You are in the right, said he, to abolish the laws of God, to make way for such traditions.

by such traditions, and such a number of practices, as you have settled, the word of God is stript of all its authority.

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if justification be by the law, Christ died to no purpose.

but he answered them, why do you violate the law of God to follow your tradition?

for the Pharisees, and the Jews in general, in pursuance of their antient traditions, never eat till they have wash'd their hands up to their elbows.

do we then make the law useless by our doctrine of faith? by no means; on the contrary, it is we that observe the law.

that adversary that exalts it self above the divine authority of majesty: that is seated in the temple of God, pretending to be it self divine.

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

but he answered them, why do you violate the law of God to follow your tradition?

that adversary that exalts it self above the divine authority of majesty: that is seated in the temple of God, pretending to be it self divine.

by such traditions, and such a number of practices, as you have settled, the word of God is stript of all its authority.

do we then make the law useless by our doctrine of faith? by no means; on the contrary, it is we that observe the law.

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if justification be by the law, Christ died to no purpose.

the first commandment with a promise annexed, is, "honour thy father and mother,