Mark 7:9

He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up ¹  your tradition.

And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!

He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

Then he said, "You reject God’s laws in order to hold on to your own traditions.

He went on, "Well, good for you. You get rid of God's command so you won't be inconvenienced in following the religious fashions!

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

Then he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition!

He said to them, " All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up ¹  your tradition.

¹ tc The translation here follows the reading στήσητε (sthshte, “set up”) found in D W Θ Ë¹ 28 565 2542 it sy^s,p Cyp. The majority of mss here read τηρήσητε (thrhsete; א A L ˹³ 33 Ï co) or τηρῆτε (thrhte; B 2427), both translated “keep.” It is hard to know which reading is best: On the one hand, τηρήσητε/τηρῆτε has much stronger external support, but στήσητε is a more difficult reading. What makes “keep” suspect is that it appears in two different forms, suggesting independent alterations of a difficult reading. Further, scribes may have been influenced by the preceding “commandment of God” to change the text toward “keep” (TCGNT 81), a common enough expression (cf. Matt 19:17; John 14:15; 1 Tim 6:1; 1 John 5:3; Rev 14:12). Thus, the more difficult reading is “set up.” Also, the more natural opposite of “reject” (ἀθεῖτε [aqeite], literally “you set aside”) is “set up.” However, the Western reading may have been influenced by Exod 6:4 or Heb 10:9, but this likelihood seems remote. Thus, “set up” is more likely to be the original wording of Mark here.