Matthew 15:4

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother — let him die the death;

Young's Literal Translation

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 answering said to them, 'Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

5but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering [is] whatever thou mayest be profited by me; —

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Leviticus 19:3'Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I [am] Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16'Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Deuteronomy 27:16'Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, — and all the people have said, Amen.

Proverbs 23:22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, 'That there is no dawn to it.'

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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