Matthew 15:6

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Obeying Parents

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Timothy 5:8 "But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever."
Jeremiah 8:8 "“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely."
Mark 7:13 "making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”"
Psalms 119:126 "It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law."
1 Timothy 5:16 "If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those w…"
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to …"
Malachi 2:7-9 "For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies."
Romans 3:31 "Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law."

Commentary

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 (Mar 7:12), "ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother." To dedicate property to God is indeed lawful and laudable, but not at the expense of filial duty. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect--cancelled or nullified it "by your tradition."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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