12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
12 thus relieving yourselves of obligation to father or mother.
12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,
12 In this way, you let them disregard their needy parents.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:12
Commentary on Mark 7:1-13
(Read Mark 7:1-13)
One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear that it is the duty of children, if their parents are poor, to relieve them as far as they are able; and if children deserve to die that curse their parents, much more those that starve them. But if a man conformed to the traditions of the Pharisees, they found a device to free him from the claim of this duty.