Matthew 15:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or his mother: “Whatever you might be benefitted from me is a gift[a] [to God]” 6 shall by-no-means honor[b] his father’. And you nullified[c] the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly concerning you, saying [in Isa 29:13]:
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- Matthew 15:5 Or, offering.
- Matthew 15:6 In other words, if you vow to give your estate to God when you die, then you must no longer honor the request of your parent to have some present benefit from it.
- Matthew 15:6 Or, voided, invalidated, annulled.
Matthew 15:5-7
New International Version
5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
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