Mark 7:13

Mark 7:13 Meaning and Explanation

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

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Jesus concludes the charge: their handed-down tradition has made the word of God of no effect — and this is only one example among many.

What Does Mark 7:13 Mean?

The verdict lands: the word of God rendered void — not erased from the scroll, but cancelled in practice, stripped of its authority by the very tradition that claimed to honor it. And Corban is only a specimen: many such like things do ye. The pattern, not merely the instance, stands condemned.

The word of God cannot be destroyed, but it can be muffled in a community until it no longer commands anyone. The grief of this verse is what that muffling costs. Its hopeful inverse is also true: where his word is given full effect, it does what it says — it guides, guards, and gives life.

Mark 7:13 in the Original Language

akyroo (ἀκυρόω), 'making of none effect' -- to deprive of authority; to cancel.

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What does Mark 7:13 mean?

Jesus concludes the charge: their handed-down tradition has made the word of God of no effect — and this is only one example among many.

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