Matthew 15:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 [a]But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 (A)For God hath commanded, saying, [b]Honor thy father and mother: (B)and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, [c]Whosoever shall say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou mayest have profit,
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- Matthew 15:3 Their wicked boldness, in corrupting the commandments of God, and that upon the pretence of godliness, and usurping authority to make laws, is here reproved.
- Matthew 15:4 By honor is meant all kinds of duties which children owe to their parents.
- 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.
Matthew 15:3-5
New International Version
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 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) 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
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