Matthew 15:3-6

The Voice

Jesus: Why do you violate God’s command because of your tradition? ⁴ God said, “Honor your father and mother.^[a] Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.”^{[b] 5-6} But you say that one need no longer honor his parents so long as he says to them, “What you might have gained from me, I now give to the glory of God.” Haven’t you let your tradition trump the word of God?