Substituting the literal "curses" for a "speaks evil of." We may very well be able to suggest solutions to suchlike hermeneutic problems: Joel Marcus writes: "But, wrong as it may be to withhold material (or other) support from one's parents, how is it equivalent to
CURSING them?" (Mark 1-

{And indeed any 'commandment' or interpretation of words, suppositions, possibilities, alternatives a.s.o.!!!}
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If we think of the Hebrew, however, this is perhaps (much) less of a problem. In Hebrew the verb for "to honor" is literally to "make heavy," perhaps something like "to treat with gravitas." On the other hand, the word for "curse" is to "make light." So in Exodus 20 f.i., the verse lite-rally reads, "Make heavy your father & mother," while in 21:17 it reads, "All who make light their father & mother shall surely die!" If to make heavy (to honor) is to provide with material support, then to make light (to curse) is the opposite, so not feeding (etc.) one's parents is tanta-mount to cursing them. If this interpretation is appealing, then it would be evidence for at least a stratum in Mark that was much closer to the
VERITAS HEBRAICAS!
Also:
"Jesus/Yesh/Yeshu/Yeshua/Yehoshua (or rather Matai/Matthew) was responding to questions by (attacking/defending himself) Pharisees for their too zealous/fanatical/twisting 'converting' in trying to persuade other Jews to follow their pharisaic
HALACHA!"
This is surely not the one & ONLY possible interpretation, but it is the one that makes the most sense to me (in this very case)?! To be sure, confusion like this has been parly if not completely entendered by such biblical usage (translation/interpretation/explana-tion) itself?! There is (more than) one area in which the terminology is muddled ('fucked up'

!? Of the animals that we may eat & may not eat the Torah uses the terms "pure" & "impure!" Nonetheless, the distinction between the two systems ~ what makes (or does not make) foods kosher impure or not ~ remains quite clear despite the(se) terminological glitch(es)?! In the later tradition, only the word "kosher" is used for the first, while "pure" means only defiled! Anyway, we always have to take into consideration that we do touch upon at least three thousand year old (changes in) traditions, habits, views, circumstances, interpretations, explanations, possibilities & improbabilities! It goes for instance from Chaldea through Haran, Syria, Kana'an, Sinai, Egypt, Ethiopia to all surrounding (and very far away) countries via periods of many ages & cultural/religious stages: about possible reasons, imaginations, phantasies

illusions, poetic
& prosaic deliberations in "all" countries
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