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MARK 7:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“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.”
But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God) — the Corban practice allowed a person to declare property or money as dedicated to God (Corban, from the Hebrew qorban meaning offering). Once declared Corban, the property could not be used for other purposes — including supporting aging parents. The practice may have originated as genuine piety but had become, in some applications, a legal device to avoid parental support obligations while retaining personal use of the resources.

Church Fathers on Mark 7:11

The people of the land of Gennesareth, who seemed to be unlearned men, not only come themselves, but also bring their sick to the Lord, that they may but succeed in touching the hem of His garment. But the Pharisees and Scribes, who ought to have been the teachers of the people, run together to the Lord, not to seek for healing, but to move captious questions.

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 2, 29

For the disciples of the Lord, who were taught only the practice of virtue, used to eat in a simple way, without washing their hands; but the Pharisees, wishing to find an occasion of blame against them, took it up; they did not indeed blame them as transgressors of the law, but for transgressing the traditions of the elders.

Theophylact · 11th century

Wonderful is the folly of the Pharisees and Scribes; they accuse the Son of God, because He keeps not the traditions and precepts of men. But 'common' is here put for unclean; for the people of the Jews, boasting that they were the portion of God, called those meats common, which all made use of.

Jerome · 4th century · Hier. in Matt., 15
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