Matthew 15:6

6 need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Matthew 15:6 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 15:6

See note on Mt 15:5

Matthew 15:6 In-Context

4 For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

5 But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] a gift [to God],"

6 need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7 Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,

8 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,

Footnotes

• [a] Most later manuscripts add "or his mother"