Matthew

Matthew 15:6

⁶he need not honor his father or mother with it.^c Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Footnotes

c 15:6 NE and TR (see also Mark 7:12|MRK 7:12); literally he need not honor his father or mother; SBL, NA, WH, and BYZ do not include or mother.

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
he need not honor	τιμήσει	timēsei	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G5091 I value at a price, honor
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
father	πατέρα	patera	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
or	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
mother	μητέρα	mētera	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3384 a mother
Thus	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
you nullify	ἠκυρώσατε	ēkyrōsate	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G208 I annul, make of no effect, cancel
the	τὸν	ton	Article - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
word	λόγον	logon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3056 a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy
of God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
for the sake of	διὰ	dia	Preposition	G1223 through, on account of
your	ὑμῶν	hymōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
tradition	παράδοσιν	paradosin	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3862 an instruction, tradition

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.