Matthew 15:6

New English Translation

he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

Cross References

Psalm 119:126

It is time for the Lord to act – they break your law!

Psalm 119:139

My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.

Jeremiah 8:8

How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.

Hosea 4:6

You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.

Matthew 15:5

But you say, ‘If someone tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

Matthew 15:7

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

Mark 7:13

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

Romans 3:31

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

1 Timothy 5:16

If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.