Matthew 15:4

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

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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 in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

5But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Leviticus 19:3Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Proverbs 23:22Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Isaiah 8:20Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

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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