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 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 commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— then he need not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is 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 are really widows.
• Psalms 119:126It is time for You to act, O Lord, For they have regarded Your law as void.
• Jeremiah 8:8“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us’? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
• Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
• Malachi 2:7“For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, And people should seek the law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
• Mark 7:13making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
• Romans 3:31Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish 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