Matthew 15:6
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- KJV
- And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- WEB
- he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
- ASV
- he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
- DARBY
- and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.
- BLB
- he shall not honor his father or his mother. And you⁺ made void the word of God because of your⁺ tradition.
- ÅB
- Dere har annulert Guds lov med tradisjonene deres.
- OTB
- skal de ikke oppfylle sin plikt overfor sin far eller mor med det. Slik opphever dere Guds ord for deres tradisjons skyld.
- B1930
- Og I har gjort Guds lov til intet for eders vedtekts skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:8
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
Read in contextMark 7:13
Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:126
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:16
If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
Read in contextPsalms 119:139
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:3–4
Honor the widows who are truly widows.
Read in contextMalachi 2:7–9
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
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