Mark 7:10

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.'

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For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

In Context

9He also said to them, “How well you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!

11But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is Corban”' (that is to say, 'Given to God'),

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.

Leviticus 20:9Everyone who curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, so he is guilty and deserves to die.

Deuteronomy 27:16'May the man be cursed who dishonors his father or his mother.' Then all the people must say, 'Amen.'

Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father 1 and scorns obedience to a mother, 1 his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, 1 and he will be eaten by the vultures. 1

Mark 10:19You know the commandments: 'Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not testify falsely, do not defraud, honor your father and mother'.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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