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,”
Parallel translations
- 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;
- 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,’
- NKJV But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God ”—
- NASB But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,”
- NLT But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’
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Cross-references & the web
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- Mark 7:10–13For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
- Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Matt 23:16–18“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
- Amos 7:15–17and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
- Lev 27:9–34“‘If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
- Prov 20:25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
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