Matthew 15:3-6

3 Jesus answered, "And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching?

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.' ¹

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.

Cross References

• 1. 15.4 aExodus 20.12;Deuteronomy 5.16; bExodus 21.17;Leviticus 20.9.

Footnotes

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