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

2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6And 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.

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

• ·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 saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Romans 3:31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
• Matthew 19:19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
• Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which Yhwh thy God giveth thee.
• Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am Yhwh your God.
• Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as Yhwh thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Yhwh thy God giveth thee.
• Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
• Exodus 21:17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
• Leviticus 20:9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
• Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
• Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
• Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall 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

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• 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