Matthew 15:4

Matthew 15:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
• New International Version (NIV)For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
• New King James Version (NKJV)For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’

Context of Matthew 15:4

2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." 3He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' 5But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or his mother, "What you would have gained from me is given to God," 6he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.

Matthew 15:4 word by word

ὁ γὰρ θεὸς εἶπεν τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• commandedἐντέλλωentellomai · to orderG1781
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Honourτιμάωtimaō · to honorG5091
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• He that cursethκακολογέωkakologeō · to curse/revileG2551
• orἤē · orG2228
• let him dieτελευτάωteleutaō · to deceaseG5053
• the deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288

Cross-references for Matthew 15:4

• Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
• Matthew 5:17"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
• Isaiah 8:20To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
• Romans 3:31Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
• Matthew 19:19Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
• Exodus 20:12"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
• Leviticus 19:3Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
• Deuteronomy 5:16"'Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
• Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
• Exodus 21:17"Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
• Leviticus 20:9For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.
• Deuteronomy 21:18"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
• Deuteronomy 27:16"'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• Proverbs 20:20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
• Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Commentaries on Matthew 15:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Honor thy father and mother - This word was taken in great latitude of meaning among the Jews: it not only meant respect and submission, but also to take care of a person, to nourish and support him, to enrich. See Numbers 22:17; Judges 13:17; 1 Timothy 5:17. And that this was the sense of the law, as it respected parents, see Deuteronomy 27:16, and see the note on Exodus 20:12.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 See also Mark 7:1-9. Then came to Jesus … - Mark says that they saw the disciples of Jesus eating with unwashed hands. Matthew 15:2 Transgress the tradition of the elders - The world “elders” literally means “old men.” Here it means the “ancients,” or their “ancestors.” The “tradition of the elders” meant something handed down from one to another by memory; some precept or custom not commanded in the written law, but which scribes and Pharisees…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20Jesus accused the Pharisees of disobeying God's law because of their focus on preserving traditions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 15:4

• Children
• Commandments
• Ecclesiasticism
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mother
• Pharisees
• Quotations and Allusions
• Sin
• Teachers
• Tradition

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Commentaries on Matthew 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings