For God said:[a]

Honor your father and your mother;(A)[b] and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.(B)[c]

But you say, ‘Whoever tells his father or mother, “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple”— he does not have to honor his father.’[d] In this way, you have revoked God’s word[e] because of your tradition.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:4 Other mss read commanded, saying
  2. Matthew 15:4 Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16
  3. Matthew 15:4 Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9
  4. Matthew 15:6 Other mss read then he does not have to honor his father or mother
  5. Matthew 15:6 Other mss read commandment

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