Matthew 15:4

For Hashem has said, KABED ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA + 15:4 Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16 (honor your father and your mother), and MKALEL AVIV VIMMO MOT YUMAT + 15:4 Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9 (the one cursing his father and mother, to die he must die).

Orthodox Jewish 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

3But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, in reply to them, said, Why [do] also you transgress the mitzvat Hashem for the sake of your own masoros?

5But you say, Whoever says to his abba or his em, whatever support you might have had from me, [it is] a gift. + 15:5 i.e., korban, dedicated to G-d

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor thy av and thy em; that thy yamim may be long upon ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee.

Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his em, and his av, and be shomer over My Shabbatot: I am Hashem Eloheichem.

Deuteronomy 5:16[HEH] Honor thy av and thy em, as Hashem Eloheicha hath commanded thee; that thy yamim may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 27:16Arur (cursed) be he that treats with contempt aviv or immo. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein.

Proverbs 23:22Pay heed unto avicha that fathered thee, 1 and despise not immecha when she is old. 1

Isaiah 8:20To the torah (teaching of G-d) and to the te'udah + 8:20 te'udah i.e. prophetic record such as chapter 6 (see also in verse 16) (recorded testimony); if they speak not according to Davar HaZeh, it is because there is no shachar (dawn, light) in them.

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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