Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, saying, 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 God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

In Context

3And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition?

5But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me 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 19:3Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and thy mother, as LORD thy God commanded thee, that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

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

Proverbs 23:22Hearken to thy father who begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Isaiah 8:20[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:2-10

Jesus Reproves the Scribes and Pharisees. 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his… Read the whole commentary →

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