4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'


In Context

1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

2 |Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread.|

3 He answered them, |Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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

5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, |Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,|

6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

Matthew 15:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:4Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:4For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:4For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:4For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:4for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother — let him die the death;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.