Add parallel Print Page Options

“For God has commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and mother. And the one who curses father or mother, let him die the death.’

“But you say, ‘Whoever shall say to father or mother, “By the gift that is offered by me,” you may have profit;

though he does not honor his father or his mother. Thus, by your tradition, you have made the commandment of God of no authority.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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