Mark 7:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But when you people say, ‘If someone says to his father or mother, [the money] I could have helped you with is Corban; in other words, [it is] given to God,’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But [as for you] you say, A man is exempt if he tells [his] father or [his] mother, What you would otherwise have gained from me [everything I have that would have been of use to you] is Corban, that is, is a gift [already given as an offering to God],

American Standard Version (1901)

but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God;

Common English Bible

But you say, ‘If you tell your father or mother,“Everything I’m expected to contribute to you is corban (that is, a gift I’m giving to God),”

Catholic Public Domain Version

But you say, 'If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban, (which is a gift,) whatsoever is from me, shall profit thee.

Mark 7:11 Cross References

Matthew 15:5

But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, I have given to God the money I could have helped you with;’

Matthew 23:18

And [you say], whoever takes an oath ‘by the Altar,’ it does not [really] mean anything, but whoever takes an oath ‘by the gift on the Altar,’ he is obligated to [fulfill] the oath.

Matthew 27:6

The leading priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not permissible by the Law of Moses to put this money in the Temple treasury, since it is the price [paid] for [taking] a life.

Mark 7:12

you are not allowing him to do anything for his father or mother anymore.