Matthew 15:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε, Ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί, Δῶρον, ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς·

Transliteration

You de legete, Whoever an eipē to the father or to the mother, Dōron, what ean from me you might be ōphelēthēs;

Grammar Details

• *Humeis*: nominative, plural - you
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *legete*: present, indicative, active, 2nd person plural - you say
• *Hos an*: indefinite relative pronoun - whoever
• *eipē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person singular - he might say
• *tō patri*: dative, masculine, singular - to the father
• *ē*: disjunctive conjunction - or
• *tē mētri*: dative, feminine, singular - to the mother
• *Dōron*: nominative, neuter, singular - gift/offering
• *ho ean*: relative + conditional - whatever
• *ex emou*: from me
• *ōphelēthēs*: aorist, subjunctive, passive, 2nd person singular - you might be benefited

Word Meanings

• *legete*: say/speak/tell
• *eipē*: might say/speak/tell
• *Dōron*: gift/offering/sacrifice
• *ōphelēthēs*: might be benefited/profited/helped

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God];

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But ye saye every ma shall saye to his father or mother: That which thou desyrest of me to helpe ye with: is geven God:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But ye saye: Euery man shal saye to father or mother: The thige yt I shulde helpe ye withal, is geue vnto God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that is offered of me, thou shalt be helped:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given `to God';

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

• World English Bible (2000)

  But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

Referenced Verses

• Lev 27:9-9 : 9 And if it is a beast, of which men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD shall be holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he changes beast for beast, then both it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. 11 And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad: as you value it, who are the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part of it to your estimation. 14 And when a man sanctifies his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he who sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man sanctifies to the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sanctifies his field from the year of Jubilee, according to your estimation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctifies his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain, to the year of the Jubilee, and it shall be abated from your estimation. 19 And if he who sanctified the field will in any way redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21 But the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if a man sanctifies to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 23 Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your estimation, even to the year of the Jubilee: and he shall give your estimation in that day, as a holy thing to the LORD. 24 In the year of the Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belonged. 25 And all your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S. 27 And if it is of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your estimation. 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy to the LORD. 31 And if a man will at all redeem anything of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD. 33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
• Prov 20:25 : 25 It is a snare for a man to devour what is holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows.
• Amos 7:15-17 : 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel. 16 Now therefore hear the word of the LORD: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac. 17 Therefore thus says the LORD; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity from his land.
• Matt 23:16-18 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty.
• Mark 7:10-13 : 10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death. 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift to God, by which you might have been benefited by me; he shall be free. 12 And you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 13 Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have handed down; and you do many similar things.
• Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.
• Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.