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Mark 7:6-9 CEV Jesus replied: You are nothing but show-offs! The prophet Isaiah was right when he wrote that God had said, "All of you praise me with your words, but you never really think about me. (7) It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules made up by humans." [Isaiah 29:13] (8) You disobey God's commands in order to obey what humans have taught. (9) You are good at rejecting God's commands so that you can follow your own teachings!

Mark 7:6-9 GNB Jesus answered them, "How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you! You are hypocrites, just as he wrote: 'These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me. (7) It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!' [Isaiah 29:13] (8) "You put aside God's command and obey human teachings." (9) And Jesus continued, "You have a clever way of rejecting God's law in order to uphold your own teaching.

Mark 7:6-9 GW Jesus told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites in Scripture: 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. (7) Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.' [Isaiah 29:13] (8) "You abandon the commandments of God to follow human traditions." (9) He added, "You have no trouble rejecting the commandments of God in order to keep your own traditions!

Mark 7:6-9 ALT But answering, He said to them, "Correctly did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, the hypocrites! As it has been written, 'This people honors Me with their lips [fig., words], but their heart is far distant from Me. (7) 'But in vain [or, to no purpose] do they worship Me, teaching [as] teachings [or, doctrines] [the] commandments of people.' [Isaiah 29:13, LXX] (8) For having left behind [or, having neglected] the commandment of God, you keep the tradition of people: baptisms [or, ceremonial washings] of pitchers and cups, and many such other similar things you do." (9) And He was saying to them, "[All too] well do you regard as nothing the commandment of God, so that you should keep your tradition.

Mark 7:6-9 LITV And answering, He said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites; as it has been written: "This people honors Me with the lips, but their heart is far away from Me; (7) and in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." [Isaiah 29:13] (8) For forsaking the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men: immersings of utensils and cups, and many other such like things you do. (9) And He said to them, Well do you to set aside the commandment of God so that you may keep your tradition?

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - 1769 King James Version

KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

MWT - Modern World Translation

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation

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