Matthew 15:4

For God commanded saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Family 35 New Testament

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

3So in answer He said to them: “Why do you even transgress the commandment of God through your tradition?

5But you say: ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might be profited by me is a gift to God”—

Read all of Matthew 15

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 15:4