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Matthew 15:5

Good News Translation

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

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Think carefully before you promise an offering to God. You might regret it later.

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.’

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

But Peter and John answered them, “You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight—to obey you or to obey God.

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God, not men.