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For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother, and, He that curses father or mother, let him die without recourse.

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever I might have helped thee with is already my offering unto God,

and now has no need to honour his father or his mother with succour. Thus ye have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

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For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a](A) and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](B) But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
  2. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9