(A)For God hath commanded, saying, [a]Honor thy father and mother: (B)and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

But ye say, [b]Whosoever shall say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou mayest have profit,

Though he honor not his father, or his mother, shall be free: thus have ye made the commandment of God of no [c]authority by your tradition.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:4 By honor is meant all kinds of duties which children owe to their parents.
  2. Matthew 15:5 The meaning is this: whatsoever I bestow upon the Temple, is to thy profit, for it is as good as if I gave it thee, for (as the Pharisees of our time say) it shall be meritorious for thee: for under this color of religion, they raked all to themselves, as though that he that had given anything to the Temple, had done the duty of a child.
  3. Matthew 15:6 You made it of no power and authority as much as lay in you: for otherwise the commandments of God stand fast in the Church of God, in despite of the world and Satan.

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