Matthew 15:6
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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.he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
In other translations
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.he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Greek words
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Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.
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