Matthew - 15:6



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

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Explanation and meaning of Matthew 15:6.

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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.
he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.
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.
he shall not honour his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
he is not to honor his father or his mother.' You have made the word of God void because of your tradition.
then he shall not honor his father or his mother.' So have you nullified the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition.
he is in no way bound to honor his father.' In this way you have nullified the words of God for the sake of your traditions.

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Historical Commentaries

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And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none (d) effect by your tradition.
(d) As much as you could, you destroyed the power and authority of the commandment: for otherwise the commandments of God stand fast in the Church of God, in spite of the world and Satan.

And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free--that is, It is true, father--mother--that by giving to thee this, which I now present, thou mightest be profited by me; but I have gifted it to pious uses, and therefore, at whatever cost to thee, I am not now at liberty to alienate any portion of it. "And," it is added in Mark (Mark 7:12), "ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother." To dedicate property to God is indeed lawful and laudable, but not at the expense of filial duty.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect--cancelled or nullified it "by your tradition."

Ye have void the word of God by your tradition. Modern Pharisaism does the same. Church tradition leads to dogmas that set aside God's commands. The corruption of the simplicity of early Christianity is due to following human tradition.

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