"For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." — Matthew 15:4

Matthew 15:4 · KJV

“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”

— Matthew 15:4

Verse 3

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Verse 5

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to {his} father or {his} mother, {It is} a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

Matthew 15 — Context

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to {his} father or {his} mother, {It is} a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

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.

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 21:17

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. {curseth: or, revileth}

Leviticus 20:9

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood {shall be} upon him.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and {that}, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I {am} the LORD your God.

Matthew 19:19

Honour thy father and {thy} mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.