And he said to them, “You have a fine way of (A)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, (B)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (C)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)[a] 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus (D)making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Mark 7:11 Or an offering

And he was saying to them, You have a fine knack for setting aside the mitzvat Hashem in order that your own Masorot might stand undisturbed.

10 For Moshe [Rabbeinu] said, KABED ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA (Honor your father and your mother), and, The one reviling AVIV VIMMO MOT YUMAT (father or mother let him be put to death. [SHEMOT 20:12, DEVARIM 5:16, SHEMOT 21:17, VAYIKRA 20:9]

11 But you say, If a man says to his Abba or to his Em, whatever by me you might have benefited is Korban [that is, the taitsh (translation) of korban is an offering to Hashem],

12 Then no longer do you permit him to do anything for his Abba or his Em.

13 You nullify and make void the dvar Hashem by means of your Masoret you received. And you do many similar things.

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