And He said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. |
And He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. |
He was saying to them, “You nicely set aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. |
And He said to them: “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe (set up) your own traditions! |
And He said to them, You have a fine way of rejecting [thus thwarting and nullifying and doing away with] the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition (your own human regulations)! |
And He was saying to them, In a very beautiful way you are constantly making the commandment of God null and void in order that that which has been delivered to you for observance you may keep. |
Then He went on, “It is wonderful to see how you can set aside the commandment of God to preserve your own tradition! |
You are fine teachers to cancel what God commanded, in order to keep what men have handed down! |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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