Mark 7:12

Suffer. Rather “permit” (see on Matt. 19:14).

No more to do ought. A man might thus defraud his own parents in the name of religion, with the approval of the priests and under the pretense that God required this of him.

Anything over which the word “Corban” had been pronounced was thereby devoted to sacred—Temple—use (see on v. 11). The parents were not permitted to touch anything thus “dedicated,” yet the undutiful son was permitted to make use of it as long as he lived. He avoided his filial duty by a profession of superior piety. By this devious procedure the priests connived with their greedy parishioners to relieve the latter from the solemn obligation of providing for their parents.