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.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'
• 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.’

Context of Matthew 15:4

2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.” 3He answered them, “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5But you say, ‘If someone tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 6he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

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, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
• Matthew 5:17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.
• Isaiah 8:20Then you must recall the Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
• Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
• Matthew 19:19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
• Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
• Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
• Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.
• Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who begot you, 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 treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
• Leviticus 20:9“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.
• Deuteronomy 21:18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,
• Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
• Proverbs 20:20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
• Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.

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