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Mark 7:9-11
Lexham English Bible
Mark 7:9-11
Lexham English Bible
9 And he said to them, “You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep[a] your tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’[b] and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die[c].’[d] 11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his[e] father or to his[f] mother, “Whatever benefit you would have received[g] from me is corban”[h] (that is, a gift to God),
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- Mark 7:9 Some manuscripts have “you can maintain”
- Mark 7:10 A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
- Mark 7:10 Literally “let him die the death”
- Mark 7:10 A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9
- Mark 7:11 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Mark 7:11 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Mark 7:11 Literally “you would have been benefited”
- Mark 7:11 A Hebrew term referring to something consecrated as a gift to God and thus not available for ordinary use
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