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He continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside God’s commandment to keep[a] your own tradition. 10 For example, Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’[b] and ‘Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother must be put to death.’[c] 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you might have received from me is corban”’[d] (which means an offering),

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:9 Some witnesses to the text read establish.
  2. Mark 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
  3. Mark 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
  4. Mark 7:11 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.