Matthew 15:6

And thus ye make void the word of God, for the sake of your tradition.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

In Context

5But ye say: Whosoever shall say to a father or to a mother, Be that my offering, by which ye get profit from me: then he must not honor his father or his mother.

7Ye hypocrites, well did the prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say:

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Cross References

Mark 7:13And ye reject the word of God, on account of the tradition which ye hand down. And many things like these, ye do.

1 Timothy 5:3Honor widows, who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:16If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them support them; and let them not be a burden on the church; so that there may be a sufficiency for such as are really widows.

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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