Matthew 15:6

Matthew 15:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then he need not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

Context of Matthew 15:6

4For example, God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother must be put to death.’ 5But you say that whoever tells his father or mother, ‘I have given to God whatever support you might have received from me,’ does not have to honor his father. Because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of God’s word. 7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 8‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

Matthew 15:6 word by word

οὐ μὴ τιμήσει τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• honourτιμάωtimaō · to honorG5091
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• orἤē · orG2228
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• have ye madeἀκυρόωakuroō · to nullifyG208
• the commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• traditionπαράδοσιςparadosis · traditionG3862

Cross-references for Matthew 15:6

• 1 Timothy 5:3Honor widows who have no families.
• Psalms 119:126It is time for you to act, O Lord. Even though people have abolished your teachings,
• Jeremiah 8:8“ ‘How can you say that you are wise and that you have the Lord’s teachings? The scribes have used their pens to turn these teachings into lies.
• Hosea 4:6I will destroy my people because they are ignorant. You have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be my priests. You have forgotten the teachings of your God, so I will forget your children.
• Malachi 2:7“A priest’s lips should preserve knowledge. Then, because he is the messenger for the Lord of Armies, people will seek instruction from his mouth.
• Mark 7:13Because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of God’s word. And you do many other things like that.”
• Romans 3:31Are we abolishing the laws in the Scriptures by this faith? That’s unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting these laws.

Commentaries on Matthew 15:6

• 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. 6Nullify: The Pharisees valued their traditions so much that they ignored God's law, turning their devotion into sinful disrespect for God's word.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free--that is, It is true, father--mother--that by giving to thee this, which I now present, thou mightest be profited by me; but I have gifted it to pious uses, and therefore, at whatever cost to thee, I am not now at liberty to alienate any portion of it. "And," it is added in Mark (Mr 7:12), "ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother." To dedicate property to God is indeed…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 15:6

• Commandments
• Ecclesiasticism
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mother
• Pharisees
• 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