For God said, ‘Honor your[a] father and your[b] mother,’[c] and ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die[d].’[e] But you say, ‘Whoever says to his[f] father or his[g] mother, “Whatever benefit you would have received[h] from me is a gift to God,” need not honor his father,’[i] and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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  1. Matthew 15:4 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Matthew 15:4 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. Matthew 15:4 A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
  4. Matthew 15:4 Literally “let him die the death”
  5. Matthew 15:4 A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9
  6. Matthew 15:5 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  7. Matthew 15:5 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  8. Matthew 15:5 Literally “you would have been benefited”
  9. Matthew 15:6 Most later manuscripts add “or his mother”

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