Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Majority Standard Bible

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

3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

5But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of 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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