King James Version
What Does Mark 7:10 Mean?
“For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:”
Context
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For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. reject: or, frustrate
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For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
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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.
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And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**28. And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother--**Herodias did not shed the blood of the stern reprover; she only got it done, and then gloated over it, as it streamed from the trunkless head.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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