10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’[a] and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die[b].’[c] 11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his[d] father or to his[e] mother, “Whatever benefit you would have received[f] from me is corban[g] (that is, a gift to God), 12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his[h] father or his[i] mother,

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:10 A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
  2. Mark 7:10 Literally “let him die the death”
  3. Mark 7:10 A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9
  4. Mark 7:11 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  5. Mark 7:11 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  6. Mark 7:11 Literally “you would have been benefited”
  7. Mark 7:11 A Hebrew term referring to something consecrated as a gift to God and thus not available for ordinary use
  8. Mark 7:12 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  9. Mark 7:12 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun