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Corban - a Christian perspective


Corban means a gift devoted to God. In this passage Jesus is saying that when we just honor our father and mother as a corban, we're doing them a disservice. The intent behind the commandment isn't that we just do something, but rather that our heart is changed.
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Topics: Honor Your Father And Mother, Corban, Gift Devoted To God
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Related Bible Verses

Mark 7:9-13 (KJV)

 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever…

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“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Today's passage is from the New International Version of the Bible
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