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Matthew 15:4

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother[+] and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

FBV

4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[+] andThose who curse their father or mother should be put to death.’

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References

Exodus 20:12
12Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Deuteronomy 5:16
16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Exodus 21:17
17“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 20:9
9“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.

Extra References

Exodus 20:12

12Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.


Exodus 21:17

17“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.


Leviticus 20:9

9“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.


Deuteronomy 21:18-21

18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them, 19then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place. 20They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.


Deuteronomy 5:16

16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.


Proverbs 23:22

22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.


Leviticus 19:3

3“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.


Matthew 19:19

19Honor your father and your mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”


Proverbs 20:20

20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.


Ephesians 6:1

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.