Matthew 15:6 “he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the w…”

Matthew 15:6

he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

American Standard Version

he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

Geneva Bible 1599

Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commandement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

Bible in Basic English

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

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Cross references

“honour”

1 Timothy 5:8 1 Timothy 5:16 1 Timothy 5:3 1 Timothy 5:4

1 Timothy 5:8 · BSB

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:16 · BSB

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.

1 Timothy 5:3 · BSB

Honor the widows who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:4 · BSB

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

“Thus”

Jeremiah 8:8 Psalm 119:126 Mark 7:13 Psalm 119:139 Hosea 4:6 Malachi 2:7–9

Jeremiah 8:8 · BSB

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?

Psalm 119:126 · BSB

It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

Mark 7:13 · BSB

Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

Psalm 119:139 · BSB

My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.

Hosea 4:6 · BSB

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Malachi 2:7–9 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

7You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

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