Matthew 15:6
and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
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- Ps 119:126 : 126 Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
- 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 and if any one for his own -- and especially for those of the household -- doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.
- 1 Tim 5:16 : 16 If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.
- Ps 119:139 : 139 Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
- Jer 8:8 : 8 How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.
- Hos 4:6 : 6 Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!
- Mal 2:7-9 : 7 For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he `is'. 8 And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts. 9 And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.
- Mark 7:13 : 13 setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'
- Rom 3:31 : 31 Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.
- 1 Tim 5:3-4 : 3 honour widows who are really widows; 4 and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
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- Matt 15:2-54 verses88%
2 `Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'
3 And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?
4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;
5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --
- Mark 7:5-139 verses84%
5 Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'
6 and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;
7 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;
8 for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'
9 And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
10 for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;
11 and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,
12 and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,
13 setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'
- Matt 15:7-104 verses80%
7 `Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;
9 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'
10 And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:
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1 The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;
2 honour thy father and mother,
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19 honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'
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16 `Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
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12 `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
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16 `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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20 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'
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20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
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15 `And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
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9 `For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.
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26 Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
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17 `And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
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9 and ye may not call `any' your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,
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7 and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,
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23 thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?
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36 if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.
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