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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 15, Verse 5

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‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›
King James Version
‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›
American Standard Version
But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ;
New English Translation
But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”
World English Bible
But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
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‹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.›
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[Ye] ‹hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,›
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‹This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with› [their] ‹lips; but their heart is far from me.›
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‹But in vain they do worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.›
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And he called the multitude, and said unto them, ‹Hear, and understand:›
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‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›
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Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
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But he answered and said, ‹Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.›
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‹Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.›
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Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.