The Tradition of the Elders
Matthew 15:6
In 9 translations
- BSB
- he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.NE and TR (see also Mark 7:12); literally he need not honor his father or mother; SBL, NA, WH, and BYZ do not include or mother.
- KJV
- And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- WEB
- he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
- ASV
- he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
- LSV
- and he may not honor his father or his mother, and you set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
- YLT
- and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
- DBY
- and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.Elohim
- DRC
- And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.
- GNV
- Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commandement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τιμήσει (“he will honor”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τιμήσῃ (“he may honor”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἢ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ (“or the mother of him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τὸν (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τὴν (“the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λόγον (“word”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐντολὴν (“commandment”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: οὐ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐ; Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ οὐ.
- SBLGNT: τιμήσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τιμήσει; Robinson–Pierpont read τιμήσῃ.
- SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἢ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ.
- SBLGNT: τὸν λόγον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὸν λόγον; Robinson–Pierpont read τὴν ἐντολὴν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὐ μὴ τιμήσει τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν·
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν·
- SCR1894
- και ηκυρωσατε την εντολην του θεου δια την παραδοσιν υμων
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
TraditionZabulonTeachersEcclesiasticismCapernaumEffect; EffectualDivorce in the New TestamentScribesMotherVow
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Timothy 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
- Mark 7:13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
- Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
- Malachi 2:7–9For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts. But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has…
- Psalms 119:139My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- 1 Timothy 5:3–4Honor the widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
- 1 Timothy 5:16If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
- Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
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