Matthew 15:6

6 they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.

Matthew 15:6 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 15:6

See note on Mt 15:5

Matthew 15:6 In-Context

4 For God said, "Respect your father and your mother,' and "If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.'

5 But you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, "This belongs to God,'

6 they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.

7 You hypocrites! How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you!

8 "These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.

Footnotes

• [a] their father; [some manuscripts have] their father or mother.