Matthew 15:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵But you say, ‘If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God,^[a] he need not honor his father.’^[b] ⁶So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word^[c] of God. ⁷You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

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Matthew 15:5 Or an offering
15.5 By dedicating his property to God, i.e., to the temple, a man could avoid having to help his parents, without actually giving up what he had. The scribes held such a vow to be valid without necessarily approving it.
Matthew 15:6 Other ancient authorities read law

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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