Mark 7:11
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But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban (which is a gift) whatsoever is from me shall profit thee.

It is Corban.

Matthew 15:5 But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.

Matthew 23:18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.

1 Timothy 5:4-8 But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty to her parents; for this is acceptable before God. . . .

Context
Tradition and Worship
10For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die. 11But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban (which is a gift) whatsoever is from me shall profit thee. 12And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,…
Cross References
Leviticus 1:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a sacrifice of the cattle, that is, offering victims of oxen and sheep:

Matthew 15:5
But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.

Matthew 27:6
But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.

Mark 7:12
And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,

Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

say that
λέγετε (legete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

if
Ἐὰν (Ean)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

a man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

says
εἴπῃ (eipē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to [his]
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

father
πατρὶ (patri)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

mother,
μητρί (mētri)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3384: A mother. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'.

‘Whatever
(Ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

you would have received
ὠφεληθῇς (ōphelēthēs)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5623: To help, benefit, do good, be useful (to), profit. From the same as opheleia; to be useful, i.e. To benefit.

from
ἐξ (ex)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

me
ἐμοῦ (emou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

[is] Corban’
Κορβᾶν (Korban)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2878: A gift, offering, anything consecrated to God.

(that
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

is,
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a gift committed to God),
Δῶρον (Dōron)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1435: A gift, present. A present; specially, a sacrifice.


Additional Translations
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘The help you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift committed to God),

But you say that if a man says to the father or the mother, 'Whatever you might be profited from me, it is Corban,' that is, a gift,

But you say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; he shall be free.

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 ;

But ye say, If a man say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...

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;

But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God)

But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), is whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,
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