Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth 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 to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

5But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor 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 keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee, in 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 to 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, 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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