Matthew 15:5

3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

6 he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
KJV
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
WEB
But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
ASV
But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God];
DARBY
But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:
BLB
But you⁺ say, ‘Whoever might say to father or mother: Whatever you might be profited by me [is] a gift,’
ÅB
Men dere sier: ‘Den som sier til far eller mor “Det du skulle hatt til hjelp av meg, det gir jeg til templet” - han trenger ikke å hedre faren eller moren sin.’
OTB
Men dere sier at hvis noen erklærer til sin far eller mor: ‘Den hjelpen du kunne ha fått fra meg er en gave til Gud,’
B1930
men I sier: Den som sier til far eller mor: Det du skulde hatt til hjelp av mig, det gir jeg til templet - han skylder ikke å hedre sin far eller sin mor.

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