Matthew 15:4

In 9 translations

BSB

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9

KJV

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

WEB

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

ASV

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

LSV

For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother—let him die the death;

YLT

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;

DBY

For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.Elohim

DRC

Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

GNV

For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὁ γὰρ θεὸς εἶπεν· Τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καί· Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω·

RP2018

Ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἐνετείλατο, λέγων, Τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα· καί, Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω·

TR-Boyd

Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς ἐνετείλατο, λέγων, Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα· καί, Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω·

SCR1894

ο γαρ θεος ενετειλατο λεγων τιμα τον πατερα σου και την μητερα και ο κακολογων πατερα η μητερα θανατω τελευτατω

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• Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• Exodus 21:17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
• Leviticus 20:9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
• Deuteronomy 21:18–21If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to…
• Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
• Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
• Matthew 19:19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
• Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
• Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
• Matthew 5:17–19Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen,…
• Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
• Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

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