Matthew 15:4
‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother shall die a death.’
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Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
Leviticus 19:3Let each one fear his father and his mother. Observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has instructed you, so that you may live a long time, and so that it may be well with you in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.
Isaiah 8:20And this is, moreover, for the sake of the law and the testimony. But if they do not speak according to this Word, then he will not have the morning light.
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 →