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NASB | Matthew 15:5 "But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God," |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 15:5 "But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother, "Whatever [money or resource that] I have that would help you is [already dedicated and] given to God," |
Bible Question:
Can someone help me to better understand the translation of Mat 15:5? specifically the reference to "a gift". I am resuming my Bible study after over 40 years of hardly even picking up a Bible and I need as much help as I can get from everyone in better understanding God's words. |
Bible Answer: Uncle Dave, Below are the fotnotes on Matt 15 and Mark 7:11 from the NAB version. Footnotes "1 [1-20] This dispute begins with the question of the Pharisees and scribes why Jesus' disciples are breaking the tradition of the elders about washing one's hands before eating (Matthew 15:2). Jesus' counterquestion accuses his opponents of breaking the commandment of God for the sake of their tradition (Matthew 15:3) and illustrates this by their interpretation of the commandment of the Decalogue concerning parents (Matthew 15:4-6). Denouncing them as hypocrites, he applies to them a derogatory prophecy of Isaiah (Matthew 15:7-8). Then with a wider audience (the crowd, Matthew 15:10) he goes beyond the violation of tradition with which the dispute has started. The parable (Matthew 15:11) is an attack on the Mosaic law concerning clean and unclean foods, similar to those antitheses that abrogate the law (Matthew 5:31-32, 33-34, 38-39). After a warning to his disciples not to follow the moral guidance of the Pharisees (Matthew 15:13-14), he explains the parable (Matthew 15:15) to them, saying that defilement comes not from what enters the mouth (Matthew 15:17) but from the evil thoughts and deeds that rise from within, from the heart (Matthew 15:18-20). The last verse returns to the starting point of the dispute (eating with unwashed hands). Because of Matthew's omission of Mark 7:19b, some scholars think that Matthew has weakened the Marcan repudiation of the Mosaic food laws. But that half verse is ambiguous in the Greek, which may be the reason for its omission here. 2 [2] The tradition of the elders: see the note on Mark 7:5. The purpose of the handwashing was to remove defilement caused by contact with what was ritually unclean. 3 [3-4] For the commandment see Exodus 20:12; Deut 5:16); 21:17. The honoring of one's parents had to do with supporting them in their needs. 4 [5] See the note on Mark 7:11. Footnote on Mark 7:11 4 [11] Qorban: a formula for a gift to God, dedicating the offering to the temple, so that the giver might continue to use it for himself but not give it to others, even needy parents." |
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