Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Mark 7:9 in English Standard Version "And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!" Lu 7:30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.) Ga 2:21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. Heb 10:28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.