Matthew 15:6

And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

In Context

5But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering.

7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying,

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Cross References

Psalms 119:139My zeal has consumed me, because my adversaries have forgotten thy words.

Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.

Mark 7:13annulling the word of God by your tradition that ye have delivered. And many such like things ye do.

1 Timothy 5:3Support widows, the real widows.

1 Timothy 5:16If any believing man or believing woman has widows, let them relieve them, and let not the congregation be burdened, so that it may relieve the real widows.

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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