Mark 7 · Verse 12

Mark 7:12

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Mark 7:12, King James Version

Mark 7:12 in other translations

BSBhe is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
WEB“then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
ASVye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;
YLTand no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,
DARBYAnd ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
BBEYou no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;
WebsterAnd ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother;

What does Mark 7:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 7:1-13

One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear…

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Mark 7:12 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οὐκέτιouketino longerG3756
ἀφίετεaphieteyou do allowG863
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
οὐδὲνoudenno [thing]G3762
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doG4160
τῷtōfor theG3588
πατρὶpatrifatherG3962
ἢēorG2228
τῇtēafor theG3588
μητρίmētrimotherG3384

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Mark 7:11

    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.

  • Mark 7:12

    And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

  • Mark 7:13

    Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

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Mark 7:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y no le dejáis hacer más por su padre ó por su madre,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous ne lui permettez plus de rien faire pour son père ou pour sa mère,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihr lasset ihn so nichts mehr für seinen Vater oder seine Mutter tun,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et ultra non dimittitis eum quidquam facere patri suo, aut matri,