Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, saying, Honour your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.

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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 he answered and said unto them, Why do all of you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

5But all of you say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever you might be profited by me;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.

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

Deuteronomy 5:16Honour your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

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

Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto your father that brings forth you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no 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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