Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew 15:4 in other translations
| BSB | For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ |
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| 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. |
| 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; |
| DARBY | For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death. |
| BBE | For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. |
| Webster | For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. |
What does Matthew 15:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Barnes' Notes
Let him die the death. This is a Hebrew phrase, the same as saying, let him surely die. The Jewish law punishes this crime with death. This duty of honouring and obeying a parent was what Christ said they had violated by their traditions. He proceeds to state the way in which it was done.
Mt 15:1
(c) "saying, Honour" Ex 20:12, De 5:16 (d) "He that curseth" Ex 21:17, Lev 20:9
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 15:1-9
Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankful ought we to be for the written word of God! Never let us think that the religion of the Bible can be improved by any human addition, either in doctrine or practice. Our blessed Lord spoke of their traditions as inventions…
Matthew 15:4 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 15:4
- Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- Exodus 21:17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 20:9
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto 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. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
- Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Leviticus 19:3
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
- Matthew 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Romans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Matthew 15:3
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Matthew 15:5
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew 15:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque Dios mandó, diciendo: Honra al padre y á la madre, y, El que maldijere al padre ó á la madre, muera de muerte. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car Dieu a commandé, disant: « Honore ton père et ta mère »; et: « que celui qui médira de père ou de mère, meure de mort »; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn Gott hat geboten und gesagt: "Ehre den Vater und die Mutter!" und: "Wer Vater oder Mutter flucht, soll des Todes sterben." |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Honora patrem, et matrem: et, Qui maledixerit patri, vel matri, morte moriatur. |