Matthew 15:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

Matthew 15:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 7:10-13
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: …
Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Matthew 23:16-18
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! …
Amos 7:15-17
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. …
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

Topics

Church Commandments Conceit Consistency Creed Deceit Deception Depravity of Man

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. The intemperate heat of the Jewish teachers for the support of their hierarchy, occasioned many excellent discourses of our Saviour’s for the settling of the truth, as here. I. Here, is the cavil of the scribes and Pharisees at Christ’s disciples, for eating with unwashen hands. The scribes and Pharisees were the great men of the Jewish church, men whose gain…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift--or simply, “A gift!” In Mark (Mr 7:11), it is, “Corban!” that is, “An oblation!” meaning, any unbloody offering or gift dedicated to sacred uses. by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;