Matthew 15:4
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New International Version (©1984)
For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'

New Living Translation (©2007)
For instance, God says, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.'

English Standard Version (©2001)
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.'

International Standard Version (©2008)
Because God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Whoever curses father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
For example, God said, 'Honor your father and your mother' and 'Whoever curses father or mother must be put to death.'

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

American King James Version
For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.

American Standard Version
For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Bible in Basic English
For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

Darby Bible Translation
For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

English Revised Version
For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Webster's Bible Translation
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Weymouth New Testament
For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';

World English Bible
For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

Young's Literal Translation
for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

Geneva Study Bible

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

(b) By honour is meant every duty which children owe to their parents.

People's New Testament

15:4 For God commanded. See Ex 21:17.

He that curseth, etc. The Ten Commandments promised long life to those who honored father and mother (Ex 20:12 De 5:16). Here the Lord quotes the punishment of dishonoring them. (See also Le 20:9.) On nothing did Moses insist more than respect for parents.

Wesley's Notes

15:4 Honour thy father and mother - Which implies all such relief as they stand in need of. Exod 20:12; 21:17.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother-(De 5:16).

and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death-(Ex 21:17).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:1-9 Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankful ought we to be for the written word of God! Never let us think that the religion of the Bible can be improved by any human addition, either in doctrine or practice. Our blessed Lord spoke of their traditions as inventions of their own, and pointed out one instance in which this was very clear, that of their transgressing the fifth commandment. When a parent's wants called for assistance, they pleaded, that they had devoted to the temple all they could spare, even though they did not part with it, and therefore their parents must expect nothing from them. This was making the command of God of no effect. The doom of hypocrites is put in a little compass; In vain do they worship me. It will neither please God, nor profit themselves; they trust in vanity, and vanity will be their recompence.


Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Exodus 21:17 "He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:9 If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.
Deuteronomy 5:16 'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you. (NASB ©1995)

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

God. 4:10 5:17-19 Isa 8:20 Ro 3:31

Honour. 19:19 Ex 20:12 Le 19:3 De 5:16 Pr 23:22 Eph 6:1

He. Ex 21:17 Le 20:9 De 21:18-21 27:16 Pr 20:20 30:17

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