Matthew 15:4
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4 For God said,[a] ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A)
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- 15.4 Other ancient authorities read commanded, saying
Exodus 20:12
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12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.(A)
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Leviticus 20:9
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9 All who curse father or mother shall be put to death; having cursed father or mother, their bloodguilt is upon them.(A)
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Exodus 21:17
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17 “Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.(A)
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Deuteronomy 5:16
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16 “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Proverbs 23:22
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22 Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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Rebellious Children
18 “If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him,(A) 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place. 20 They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.(B)
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Matthew 19:19
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19 Honor your father and mother. Also, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(A)
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Ephesians 6:1
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Children and Parents
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord,[a] for this is right.
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- 6.1 Other ancient authorities lack in the Lord
Leviticus 19:3
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3 You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.(A)
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Romans 3:31
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31 Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
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Matthew 5:17-19
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The Law and the Prophets
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.(A) 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter,[a] not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.(B) 19 Therefore, whoever breaks[b] one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.(C)
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Proverbs 20:20
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20 If you curse father or mother,
your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)
Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
Matthew 4:10
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10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.’ ”(A)
Isaiah 8:20
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20 for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!(A)
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