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NASB | Matthew 15:4 "For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 15:4 "For God said [through Moses], 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF or INSULTS or TREATS IMPROPERLY FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.' [Ex 20:12; 21:17; Lev 20:9; Deut 5:16] |
Subject: Should this verse apply today? |
Bible Note: That was an EXCELLENT point you made. How easy and pleasant it is to hold onto 'promises' of reward or profit; yet shrink-back from accepting the 'hard Word' from a Holy God, Jesus! For how long, and how far, have we as believer's traveled away from honoring ALL that the Word of God teaches; showing partiality to certain 'parts' of His Word and then by-passing the Scriptures that we can't accept as a command? As it is that Jesus is Holy, Righteous, Just, and True; where is the fear of the LORD? Where is the honor due Him, for it is He Who is on the Throne! Actually Jesus speaks directly to this within the text in Matthew 15:3-9 (v.3) "And He answered and said to them, "And why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of GOD for the sake of your tradition? For GOD said,. . . ("vs.4"), (v.5) "But you say, 'Whoever shall say to his father or mother, "Anything of mine you might have been helped by has been given to GOD," 'he is not to honor his father or his mother.' "And thus you invalidate the word of GOD for the sake of your tradition." (V.7) "You hypocrites. . . " (v.8-9) "THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN." If we, His children humbled ourselves, feared the LORD, and walked in His Ways, our 'world' wouldn't be in the evil mess it is in today! I'm so SORRY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!! So much of Your Holy Word and Your Divine instruction we have not obeyed/followed....for a very long time! |