Verse 6

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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time for the LORD to act– they break your law!
• 1 Tim 5:8 : 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.
• 1 Tim 5:16 : 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.
• Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.
• Jer 8:8 : 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.
• Hos 4:6 : 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.
• Mal 2:7-9 : 7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 8 You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 9 “Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction.”
• Mark 7:13 : 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
• Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
• 1 Tim 5:3-4 : 3 Honor widows who are truly in need. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.