Deuteronomy 6:20
And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
19To send out from before you all those who are against you.
Cross References
Exodus 10:2And so that you may be able to give to your son and to your son's son the story of my wonders in Egypt, and the signs which I have done among them; so that you may see that I am the Lord.
Exodus 13:14And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:
Joshua 4:6So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
Proverbs 22:6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:18-25
A Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1451.) 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the… Read the whole commentary →