Matthew 15:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ God said, ‘You must honor (respect) your father and mother.’ {\cf2\super [203]} And God also said, ‘Any person that says bad things to his father or mother must be killed.’ {\cf2\super [204]}

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For God commanded, Honor your father and your mother, and, He who curses or reviles or speaks evil of or abuses or treats improperly his father or mother, let him surely come to his end by death. [Exod. 20:12; 21:17; Lev. 20:9; Deut. 5:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Common English Bible

⁴ For God said, Honor your father and your mother, and The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 'Honor your father and mother,' and, 'Whoever will have cursed father or mother shall die a death.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

Matthew 15:4 Cross References

Exodus 20:12

“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. Do this so you will have a full life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 21:17

“Any person who curses [135] his father or his mother must be killed.

Proverbs 20:20

If a person curses {\cf2\super [28]} his father or mother, then he is like a person whose light stops shinning in the darkest darkness.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to the things your father tells you. Without your father, you would never have been born. And respect your mother, even when she is old.

Proverbs 30:17

Any person who makes fun of his father or refuses to obey his mother will be punished. It will be as bad for him as if his eyes were eaten by vultures and wild birds.

Isaiah 8:20

You should follow the teachings and the agreement. {\cf2\super [105]} If you don’t follow these commands, then you might follow the wrong commands. (The wrong commands are those commands that come from the wizards and fortune tellers. Those commands are worth nothing; you will gain nothing by following those commands.)

Leviticus 19:3

“Each person among you must honor his mother and father and keep my special days of rest. [334] I am the Lord your God!

Leviticus 20:9

“If any person curses [351] his father or mother, that person must be put to death. He cursed his father or mother, so he is responsible for his own death! [352]

Matthew 15:3

Jesus answered, “And why do you refuse to obey God’s command so that you can follow those rules you have?

Matthew 15:5

But you teach that a person can say to his father or mother, ‘I have something I could use to help you. But I will not use it to help you. I will give it to God.’

Matthew 19:19

you must honor (respect) your father and mother,’ {\cf2\super [268]} and ‘you must love other people the same as you love yourself.’ {\cf2\super [269]} ”

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to the devil, “Go away from me, Satan! It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [52]} \},

Romans 3:31

So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents the way the Lord wants. That is the right thing to do.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does things that show he does not respect his father or his mother!’

Deuteronomy 5:16

“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. The Lord your God has commanded you to do this. If you follow this command, then you will live a long time, and everything will go well for you in the land that the Lord your God gives you.