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MATTHEW 15:5 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 15:4Matt 15:6
“But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;”
But you say: if anyone tells his father or his mother, what you would have gained from me is given to God, he need not honor his father. The corban practice (Mark 7:11 names it explicitly): the Pharisaic ruling that allowed a person to declare their resources corban (dedicated to God) and thereby excuse themselves from the obligation to support their parents financially. The dedication to God created a technical religious obligation that overrode the familial obligation.

Church Fathers on Matthew 15:5

The men of Gennezareth and the less learned believe; but they who seem to be wise come to dispute with Him; according to that, 'Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.' Whence it is said, 'Then, came to him from Jerusalem Scribes and Pharisee.'

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century

The Evangelist thus constructs the order of his narrative, 'Then came unto him,' that, as appeared in the passage over the lake, the order of the events that followed that might be shewn.

Augustine · 4th century · de Cons. Ev., ii, 49

For this reason also the Evangelist marks the time that He may shew their iniquity overcome by nothing; for they came to Him at a time when He had wrought many miracles, when He had healed the sick by the touch of His hem. That the Scribes and Pharisees are here said to have come from Jerusalem, it should be known that they were dispersed through all the tribes, but those that dwelt in the Metropolis were worse than the others, their higher dignity inspiring them with a…

Chrysostom · 4th century
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