11 There are those[a] who (A)curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:11 Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14

20 (A)If one curses his father or his mother,
    (B)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
    and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

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12 There are those who are (A)clean in their own eyes
    but are not washed of their filth.
13 There are those—how (B)lofty are their eyes,
    how high their eyelids lift!
14 There are those whose teeth are (C)swords,
    whose (D)fangs are knives,
to (E)devour the poor from off the earth,
    the needy from among mankind.

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16 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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17 (A)“Whoever curses[a] his father or his mother shall be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:17 Or dishonors; Septuagint reviles

For (A)anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; (B)his blood is upon him.

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20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 (A)Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. (B)So you shall purge the evil from your midst, (C)and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

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But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light.

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But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for (A)members of his household, he has (B)denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn (A)to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for (B)this is pleasing in the sight of God.

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10 For Moses said, (A)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (B)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)[a] 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus (C)making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:11 Or an offering

For God commanded, (A)‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, (B)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”[a] he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have (C)made void the word[b] of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:5 Or is an offering
  2. Matthew 15:6 Some manuscripts law

But when he saw many of (A)the Pharisees and (B)Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, (C)“You brood of (D)vipers! Who warned you to flee from (E)the wrath to come?

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