Matthew 15:5 MSG/NIV - Online Parallel Bible
| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 5 But you weasel around that by saying, 'Whoever wants to, can say to father and mother, What I owed to you I've given to God.' | 5 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,' |
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