Mark 7:12

“In this way you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

In Context

11But you teach that it is acceptable for a man to say to his father or mother, ‘Whatever benefit yoʋ might have received from me is Corban’” (that is, a gift devoted to God).

13thus nullifying the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many similar things such as these.”

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Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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