Verse 4
Matthew 15:4
World English Bible
4
For God (Elohim) commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’
and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ⸀εἶπεν· Τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καί· Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω·
English Translation
For God said: Honor your father and your mother, and he who speaks evil of father or mother shall surely be put to death.
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Chapter 15 Context
1
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Yashua (Jesus) from Jerusalem, saying,
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“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when the...
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He answered them,
“Why do you also disobey the commandment of God (Elohim) because of your tradition...
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For God (Elohim) commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’
and, ‘He who speaks evil of father...
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But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have go...
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he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God (Elohim) void becaus...
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You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
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‘These people draw near to me with their mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is fa...
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9
And in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
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10
He summoned the multitude, and said to them,
“Hear, and understand.
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11
That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth,...
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12
Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they h...
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13
But he answered,
“Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
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14
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall...
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15
Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
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16
So Yashua (Jesus) said,
“Do you also still not understand?
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Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the b...
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But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony,...
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These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
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21
Yashua (Jesus) went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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22
Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, y...
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23
But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she c...
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24
But he answered,
“I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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25
But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
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26
But he answered,
“It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
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But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
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Then Yashua (Jesus) answered her,
“Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire....
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Yashua (Jesus) departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mou...
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Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and t...
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31
so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking...
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32
Yashua (Jesus) summoned his disciples and said,
“I have compassion on the multitude, because they co...
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33
The disciples said to him, “Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so...
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34
Yashua (Jesus) said to them,
“How many loaves do you have?”
They said, “Seven, and a few small fish....
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35
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
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and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples,...
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They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left o...
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Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
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Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
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