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MATTHEW 15:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 15:3Matt 15:5
“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”
For God commanded, honor your father and your mother, and whoever reviles father or mother must surely die. The biblical command that the Pharisees' tradition contradicts: honor your father and your mother (Exodus 20:12) with the associated death penalty for cursing parents (Exodus 21:17). The command to honor parents is the Fifth Commandment — one of the most fundamental ethical commands of the covenant community.

Church Fathers on Matthew 15:4

The men of Gennezareth and the less learned believe; but they who seem to be wise come to dispute with Him; according to that, 'Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.' Whence it is said, 'Then, came to him from Jerusalem Scribes and Pharisee.'

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century

The Evangelist thus constructs the order of his narrative, 'Then came unto him,' that, as appeared in the passage over the lake, the order of the events that followed that might be shewn.

Augustine · 4th century · de Cons. Ev., ii, 49

For this reason also the Evangelist marks the time that He may shew their iniquity overcome by nothing; for they came to Him at a time when He had wrought many miracles, when He had healed the sick by the touch of His hem. That the Scribes and Pharisees are here said to have come from Jerusalem, it should be known that they were dispersed through all the tribes, but those that dwelt in the Metropolis were worse than the others, their higher dignity inspiring them with a…

Chrysostom · 4th century
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