Matthew 15:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Matthew 15:6 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 15:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
- Psalms 119:139My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
- Jeremiah 8:8How 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?
- Hosea 4:6My 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 2:7For 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.
- Mark 7:13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
- Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- 1 Timothy 5:3Honor the widows who are truly widows.
- 1 Timothy 5:8If 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 5:16If 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).