Matthew 15:6

New Century Version

You teach that person not to honor his father or his mother. You rejected what God said for the sake of your own rules.

Cross References

Psalm 119:126

Lord, it is time for you to do something, because people have disobeyed your teachings.

Psalm 119:139

I am so upset I am worn out, because my enemies have forgotten your words.

Jeremiah 8:8

“ ‘You keep saying, “We are wise, because we have the teachings of the Lord.” But actually, those who explain the Scriptures have written lies with their pens.

Hosea 4:6

My people will be destroyed, because they have no knowledge. You have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be priests to me. You have forgotten the teachings of your God, so I will forget your children.

Matthew 15:5

But you say a person can tell his father or mother, ‘I have something I could use to help you, but I have given it to God already.’

Matthew 15:7

You are hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he said about you:

Mark 7:13

By your own rules, which you teach people, you are rejecting what God said. And you do many things like that.”

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.

1 Timothy 5:16

If any woman who is a believer has widows in her family, she should care for them herself. The church should not have to care for them. Then it will be able to take care of those who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:8

Whoever does not care for his own relatives, especially his own family members, has turned against the faith and is worse than someone who does not believe in God.