Matthew 15:6
There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
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- Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be seen; for they have made your law without effect.
- 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.
- 1 Tim 5:16 : 16 If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.
- Ps 119:139 : 139 My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.
- Jer 8:8 : 8 How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.
- Hos 4:6 : 6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
- Mal 2:7-9 : 7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies. 8 But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies. 9 And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
- Mark 7:13 : 13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
- Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.
- 1 Tim 5:3-4 : 3 Give honour to widows who are truly widows. 4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.
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- Matt 15:2-54 verses88%
2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
- Mark 7:5-139 verses84%
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
6 And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
8 For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.
9 And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.
10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,
12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
- Matt 15:7-104 verses80%
7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
- Eph 6:1-22 verses74%
1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),
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19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
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16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
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20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.
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19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.
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20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
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37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
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11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
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15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
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9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.
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26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
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17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
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23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.
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6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
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15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
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15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
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24 He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
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5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?
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12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
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9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
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7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.
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1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
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48 But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?
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3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
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23 You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?
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2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
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5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
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36 If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
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33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
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20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.