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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.

Context of Matthew 15:6

4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ 5But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 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 5:3Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.
• Psalms 119:126It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken.
• Jeremiah 8:8“ ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
• Hosea 4:6my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
• Malachi 2:7“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.
• Mark 7:13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
• Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

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