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Matthew 15:6

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.

KJV

καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν.

Greek NT

et non honorificabit patrem suum, aut matrem suam : et irritum fecistis mandatum Dei propter traditionem vestram.

Vulgate

he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

ASV

And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διά
dia
preposition · 633×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
παράδοσις
paradosis
noun · 13×
ἀκυρόω
akuroo
verb · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὐ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐ | RP: καὶ οὐ
  • οὐSBLGNT
  • οὐWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ οὐRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τιμήσει | WH/Treg/NIV: τιμήσει | RP: τιμήσῃ
  • τιμήσειSBLGNT
  • τιμήσειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τιμήσῃRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ | WH/NIV: αὐτοῦ | Treg/RP: + ἢ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ
  • αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἢ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὸν λόγον | WH/Treg/NIV: τὸν λόγον | RP: τὴν ἐντολὴν
  • τὸν λόγονSBLGNT
  • τὸν λόγονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὴν ἐντολὴνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:12 — Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • 1Tim 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
  • 2Pet 3:16 — As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, u
  • Gal 1:14 — And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
  • Isa 50:11 — Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down
  • Jer 8:8 — How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
  • Jer 8:8 — How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
  • Jer 18:15 — Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
  • Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
  • Mark 7:13 — Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
  • Mark 7:13 — Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
  • Ps 119:99 — I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
  • Ps 119:126 — It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
  • Ps 119:126 — It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
  • Rev 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
  • Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.