Matthew 15:5
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New International Version (©1984)
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,'

New Living Translation (©2007)
But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, 'Sorry, I can't help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.'

English Standard Version (©2001)
But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,"

International Standard Version (©2008)
But you say 'Whoever tells his father or his mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me has been given to God,"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'I have given to God whatever support you might have received from me,'

King James Bible
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

American King James Version
But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;

American Standard Version
But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God ;

Bible in Basic English
But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.

Darby Bible Translation
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever it be by which received from me thou wouldest be profited:

English Revised Version
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;

Webster's Bible Translation
But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me;

Weymouth New Testament
but you--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--

World English Bible
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,"

Young's Literal Translation
but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering is whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

Geneva Study Bible

But ye say, {c} Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

(c) The meaning is this: whatever I bestow upon the temple, is to your profit, for it is as good as if I gave it to you, for (as the Pharisees of our time say) it will be meritorious for you: for under this form of religion, they gathered all to themselves, as though he that had given anything to the temple, had done the duty of a child.

People's New Testament

15:5 Ye say. Following tradition, you say one thing while God says in the law just the opposite. The scribes taught that a Jew by calling his possessions Corban (a gift to God, Mr 7:11) was absolved from the duty of caring for his parents, even though he did not afterward devote his property to sacred uses. Thus, by an artifice, the law with respect to parents could be set aside. The Talmud furnishes a curious illustration of this perversion of the command. The Mishna says:

He that curses his father or his mother is not guilty, unless he curses them with an express mention of the name of Jehovah.''

Wesley's Notes

15:5 It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest have been profited by me - That is, I have given, or at least, purpose to give to the treasury of the temple, what you might otherwise have had from me.

Scofield Reference Notes

Margin gift

i.e. dedicated to God.

Mt 5:23,24 Mk 7:11 See Scofield Note: "Mk 7:11"

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift-or simply, "A gift!" In Mark (Mr 7:11), it is, "Corban!" that is, "An oblation!" meaning, any unbloody offering or gift dedicated to sacred uses.

by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:1-9 Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankful ought we to be for the written word of God! Never let us think that the religion of the Bible can be improved by any human addition, either in doctrine or practice. Our blessed Lord spoke of their traditions as inventions of their own, and pointed out one instance in which this was very clear, that of their transgressing the fifth commandment. When a parent's wants called for assistance, they pleaded, that they had devoted to the temple all they could spare, even though they did not part with it, and therefore their parents must expect nothing from them. This was making the command of God of no effect. The doom of hypocrites is put in a little compass; In vain do they worship me. It will neither please God, nor profit themselves; they trust in vanity, and vanity will be their recompence.


Matthew 15:4 "For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.'
Matthew 15:6 he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. (NASB ©1995)

Consecrated Devoted Gained Gift Gotten Help Honor Mayest Mightest Mother Need Offering Otherwise Profit Profited Received Tells Whatever Whatsoever Wherewith Wouldest


But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

ye say. 23:16-18 Am 7:15-17 Mr 7:10-13 Ac 4:19 5:29

It is. Le 27:9 *etc: Pr 20:25 Mr 7:11,12

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