Bible verse
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Matthew 15:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 15.
1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
6 he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
KJV
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the 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.
ERV
For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
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