Mark 7:11

But you say, If a man shall say to his father, or to his mother, My oblation, (be that) whatever from me thou mayest profit;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

In Context

10For Musha hath said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and whosoever curseth father and mother, the death he shall die.

12and you permit him not to do any thing for his father and his mother.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:18And (that) whoever sweareth by the altar, it is nothing; but he swear by the oblation which is upon it, he is liable.

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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