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Mark 7:9

In Mark 7 of Mark.

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

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἔλεγενelegenhe saidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.he saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΚαλῶςkalōsFull wellκαλῶςadverb — “Full well”G2573well, nobly, honorably, rightly.This verse uses “well”.Full wellἀθετεῖτεatheteiteye rejectἀθετέω (atheteō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye reject”, an ongoing or repeated actionG114I annul, make of no effect, set aside, ignore, slight; I break faith with.ye rejectτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐντολὴνentolēncommandmentἐντολή (entolē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “commandment”, the object formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.the commandmentτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παράδοσινparadosintraditionπαράδοσις (paradosis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “tradition”, the object formG3862an instruction, tradition.This verse uses “tradition”.traditionὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.τηρήσητεtērēsēteyou may keepτηρέω (tēreō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “you may keep”, a single actionG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.This verse uses “keep”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God , that you may keep your tradition .

Darby Translation

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].

Douay-Rheims

And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

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