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Jesus said to them, “Why do you break the Law of God by trying to keep their teaching? For God said, ‘Show respect to your father and mother.’ (A) And, ‘He who curses his father or mother will be put to death.’ (B) But you say that if a man says to his parents that anything he has, that might have been of help to them, is already given to God,

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Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 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,’

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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