Mark 7

11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun father or to his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun mother, "Whatever benefit you would have received*Literally "you would have been benefited" from me is corban"*A Hebrew term referring to something consecrated as a gift to God and thus not available for ordinary use (that is, a gift to God), 12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun father or his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun mother, 13 thus**Here "thus" is supplied as a component of the participle ("making void") which is understood as result making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar things such as this."

Defilement from Within

14 And summoning the crowd again, he said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him by**Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("going") which is understood as means going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person."*Most later manuscripts add v. 16, "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."