Matthew 15:4

For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Revised Version 1895

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 answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee: that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for 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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