But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’

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10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[a](A) and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](B) 11 But you say(C) that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God(D) by your tradition(E) that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
  2. Mark 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9

29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!(A)

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16 “Woe to you, blind guides!(A) You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’(B) 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?(C) 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’

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19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him?(A) You be the judges!

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15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(A) and said to me, ‘Go,(B) prophesy(C) to my people Israel.’(D) 16 Now then, hear(E) the word of the Lord. You say,

“‘Do not prophesy against(F) Israel,
    and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(G) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,(H)
    away from their native land.(I)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean

25 It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
    and only later to consider one’s vows.(A)

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“‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord,(A) such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.(B) 10 They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one;(C) if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy. 11 If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal(D)—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord—the animal must be presented to the priest, 12 who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. 13 If the owner wishes to redeem(E) the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.(F)

14 “‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. 15 If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it,(G) they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.

16 “‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer[a] of barley seed. 17 If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. 18 But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee,(H) the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain(I) until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced. 19 If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it,(J) they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs. 20 If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed. 21 When the field is released in the Jubilee,(K) it will become holy,(L) like a field devoted to the Lord;(M) it will become priestly property.

22 “‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land, 23 the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee,(N) and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord. 24 In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought,(O) the one whose land it was. 25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,(P) twenty gerahs(Q) to the shekel.

26 “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord;(R) whether an ox[b] or a sheep, it is the Lord’s. 27 If it is one of the unclean animals,(S) it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.

28 “‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes[c](T) to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy(U) to the Lord.

29 “‘No person devoted to destruction[d] may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.(V)

30 “‘A tithe(W) of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy(X) to the Lord. 31 Whoever would redeem(Y) any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value(Z) to it. 32 Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod(AA)—will be holy to the Lord. 33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.(AB) If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.(AC)’”

34 These are the commands the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai(AD) for the Israelites.(AE)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:16 That is, probably about 300 pounds or about 135 kilograms
  2. Leviticus 27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
  3. Leviticus 27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  4. Leviticus 27:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

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