Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother—let him die the death;

Literal Standard Version

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 He answering said to them, “Why also do you transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

5but you say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering [is] whatever you may be profited by me—

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

Leviticus 19:3You each fear his mother and his father, and you keep My Sabbaths; I [am] your God YHWH.

Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as your God YHWH has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged, and so that it is well with you on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

Deuteronomy 27:16“Cursed [is] he who is making light of his father and his mother.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”

Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father, who begot you, || And do not despise your mother when she has become old.

Isaiah 8:20To the Law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, “That there is no dawn to it.”

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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