Mark 7:10

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

In Context

9And he said to them, Well do ye reject the commandment of God, so that ye may keep your tradition.

11But ye say, If a man should say to his father or mother, Whatever ye might be benefited from me is Corban, that is, an offering,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

Leviticus 20:9For he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Mark 10:19Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother.

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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