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  • Mark 7:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother: “Whatever I have that could benefit you is corban (that is, a gift dedicated to God),”’

  • Mark 7:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 11 ὑμεῖς YOU δὲ but λέγετε are saying ᾿Εὰν If ever εἴπῃ should say ἄνθρωπος man τῷ to the πατρὶ father ἢ or τῇ to the μητρί mother Κορβάν, Corban, ὅ which ἐστιν is Δῶρον, Gift, ὃ which ἐὰν if ever ἐξ out of ἐμοῦ me ὠφεληθῇς, you might be benefited,

  • Mark 7:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 11 But YOU men say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother: “Whatever I have by which you may get benefit from me is corban,*+ (that is, a gift dedicated+ to God,)”’*—

  • Mark 7:11
    The Bible in Living English
    • 11 but you say ‘If a man says to his father or mother “Whatever you get any good of from me is korban”’ [that is, “a gift”]—

  • Mark 7:11
    American Standard Version
    • 11 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 ;

  • Mark 7:11
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 11 But ye say—If a man shall say to his father or his mother, Korban! that is, A gift, whatsoever out of me thou mightest be profited

  • Mark 7:11
    King James Version
    • 11 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.

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 7:11 it-1 506; jy 136; gt chapter 56; w87 6/1 14; w87 11/1 8

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 7:11 w78 6/1 14; ad 377, 1071, 1112, 1458; w61 666; w53 295

  • Mark
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 7:11

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 506

      Jesus—The Way, p. 136

      The Watchtower,

      11/1/1987, p. 8

      6/1/1987, p. 14

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 7:11

      corban: The Greek word kor·banʹ is a loanword from the Hebrew qor·banʹ, meaning “an offering.” This Hebrew word is often used in Leviticus and Numbers and applies both to offerings containing blood and to those that are bloodless. (Le 1:2, 3; 2:1; Nu 5:15; 6:14, 21) A related word, kor·ba·nasʹ, appears at Mt 27:6, where it is rendered “sacred treasury.”​—See study note on Mt 27:6.

      a gift dedicated to God: The scribes and Pharisees taught that money, property, or anything that a person dedicated as a gift to God belonged to the temple. According to this tradition, a son could keep the dedicated gift and use it for his own interests, claiming that it was reserved for the temple. Some evidently evaded the responsibility of caring for their parents by dedicating their assets in this way.​—Mr 7:12.

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