Exodus 21:17
He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if he is convicted of the guilt, die he by death (or shall be put to death).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou be long living on the land (or so that thou can live a long life in the land), which thy Lord God shall give to thee.
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man beget a son (who is a) rebel, and a froward (boy), that heareth not the behest of his father and mother, and he is chastised, and despiseth to obey to them, (If a man beget a son who is rebellious, and froward, who obeyeth not his father or his mother, and after that he is chastised, he still despiseth to obey them,)
Deuteronomy 27:16He is cursed that honoureth not, or despiseth, his father and mother; and all the people shall say, Amen! (Cursed is anyone who honoureth not his father or his mother; and all the people shall say, Amen!)
Proverbs 30:11(There is) A generation that curseth his father, and that blesseth not his mother. (There be people who curse their fathers, and do not bless their mothers.)
Matthew 15:3He answered, and said to them, Why break ye the commandment of God for your tradition?
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →