It is a gift Rather, Let it be a gift, or "devoted to sacred uses," which the Jews expressed by the word corban, found in Mark 7:11. The scribes held that these words, even when pronounced in spite and anger against parents who needed succour, excused the son from his natural duty; and, on the other hand, did not oblige him really to devote the sum to the service of God or of the temple.

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