Matthew 15:6

New International Version

they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Cross References

Psalm 119:126

It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken.

Psalm 119:139

My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.

Jeremiah 8:8

“ ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?

Hosea 4:6

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

Matthew 15:5

But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

Mark 7:13

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

Romans 3:31

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

1 Timothy 5:16

If any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.

1 Timothy 5:8

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.