For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,” ’ ” that is to say, given to God, “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
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“For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.” He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,” ’ ” that is to say, given to God, “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,” ’ ” that is to say, given to God,
“then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
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For Moses sayde: Honoure thy father and thy mother: and whosoever cursseth father or mother let him dye for it.
But ye saye: a man shall saye to father or mother Corban: which is: that thou desyrest of me to helpe the with is geven God.
And so ye soffre him no more to do ought for his father or his mother
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For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death.
But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.
So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother,
Cross-references (12)
- Exodus 21:17 (v10) “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 20:12 (v10) “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 5:16 (v10) “Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the…
- Leviticus 20:9 (v10) “ ‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall…
- Matthew 15:4 (v10) For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
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- Matthew 23:18 (v11) ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’
- Mark 10:19 (v10) You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’…
- Deuteronomy 27:16 (v10) ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- Proverbs 20:20 (v10) Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
- Proverbs 30:17 (v10) “The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall…
- 1 Timothy 5:4-8 (v11) But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for…
- Matthew 15:5 (v11) But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v10 Without hope of pardon, he shall be put to…
Without hope of pardon, he shall be put to death.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv10–12 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy…
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Ver. 10. Moses said] Matthew hath it, God commanded, saying. Holy men spake of old as they were acted by the Holy Ghost, 2Pe 1:21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv10–12 For Moses said,.... That is, God by Moses; for…
For Moses said,.... That is, God by Moses; for the following precept was spoken by God, and written by him on one of the tables of stone, and delivered into the hands of Moses, to be given to the children of Israel:
honour thy father and thy mother, Exo 20:12, the sanction of which law is,
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and whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death, Exo 21:17. As the former of these commands is to be understood, not only of honouring parents in thought, word, and deed, but also of providing for them, when in want and distress, through poverty and old age; so the latter is to be interpreted, not merely of wishing or imprecating the most dreadful things upon parents, which some may not be guilty of, and yet transgress this command; but likewise of every slight put upon them, and neglect of them, when in necessitous circumstances: and both these laws were broken by the Jews, through their tradition hereafter mentioned; See Gill on Mat 15:4.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v10 Exod. xx, 12; Exod. xxi, 17.
Exod. xx, 12; Exod. xxi, 17.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v10 Verse 10. For Moses said, &c.] See all these…
Verse 10. For Moses said, &c.] See all these verses, from this to the 23d, explained Mt 15:3-20.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv10–11 10. Honour thy father] The words are quoted partly…
10. Honour thy father] The words are quoted partly from Exo_20:12, and partly from Exo_21:17.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v11 (11) It is Corban.—The Hebrew word is peculiar to…
(11) It is Corban.—The Hebrew word is peculiar to St. Mark. It occurs frequently in Leviticus and Numbers (e.g., Lev_2:1; Lev_2:5; Num_7:3; Num_7:5), and is translated generally by “offering,” sometimes by “oblation” (Lev_2:13; Lev_3:1), but elsewhere in the Old Testament it only appears in Eze_20:28; Eze_40:43. It had come to be applied specifically (as in the Greek of Mat_27:6; Jos. Wars, ii. 9, § 4) to the sacred treasure of the Temple.
He shall be free.—The words, as the italics show, have nothing corresponding to them in the Greek, nor are they needed, if only, with some MSS., we strike out the conjunction “and” from the next verse. So the sentence runs, “If a man shall say . . . ye suffer him no more . . .”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv10–11 Our Lord now gives an example of one of…
Our Lord now gives an example of one of these human traditions. Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; that is, obey and love them, and succor them, if they need it; for here "honor" means not only reverence and love, but support, as is clear from ver. 12 and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death; that is, let him "surely die," without any hope of pardon. Our Lord means this: "That if he who by words only speaks evil of his father or his mother is, by law, guilty of death, how much more is he guilty of death who wrongs them by deed, and deprives them of that support which he owes them by the law of nature; and not only so, but teaches others so from Moses" seat, as you scribes and Pharisees do when you say, "It is Corban.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v11 a gift
a gift
Or, I have dedicated to God that which would relieve your need; Mar 7:12.
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No longer do you permit him to use it for his father or mother. Cf. Mat 15:5; Mat 15:6
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v11 General Information:
General Information:
In verses 11 and 12, Jesus shows how the Pharisees teach people that they do not have to obey God's commandment to honor their parents.
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General Information:
In verse 11 Jesus tells what the Pharisees allow people to say about their possessions, and in verse 12 he tells how that shows the Pharisees' attitude toward people helping their parents. This information can be reordered to first tell about the Pharisees' attitude toward people helping their parents and then tell how that attitude is shown in what the Pharisees allow people to say about their possessions. (See: Verse Bridges)
Whatever help you would have received from me is Corban
The tradition of the scribes said that once money or other things were promised to the temple, they could not be used for any other purpose.
is Corban
"Corban" here is a Hebrew word that refers to things that people promise to give to God. Translators normally transliterate it using the target language alphabet. Some translators translate its meaning, and then leave out Mark's explanation of the meaning that follows. AT: "is a gift to God" or "belongs to God" (See: Copy or Borrow Words)
Given to God
This phrase explains the meaning of the Hebrew word "Corban." It can be stated in active form. Mark explained the meaning so that his non-Jewish readers could understand what Jesus said. AT: "I have given it to God" (See: Active or Passive)
then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother
By doing this, the Pharisees are allowing people not to provide for their parents, if they promise to give to God what they would have given to them. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
void
canceled or done away with
many similar things you do
"you are doing may other things similar to this"
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command
tradition
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v11 7:11-12 But you say: The contrast with God’s law…
7:11-12 But you say: The contrast with God’s law is emphatic—their tradition repudiated God’s command for people to honor their parents by providing for their needs. • ‘For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you’: The tradition said that people could sidestep their obligation to support their parents by dedicating some of their resources to God, thus disregarding and dishonoring their needy parents.
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