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Matthew 15:6
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Matthew 15:6
6And 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.
6And honour not his father or his mother, hee shall be free. Thus haue yee made the Commaundement of God of none effect by your tradition.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 15:6
A female parent; figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations. Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
commandment
An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed, as identified by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A result, force, or accomplished outcome; also to bring something to pass.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Teaching or practice handed down from one to another.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
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Open the full verse study8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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Open the full verse study8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
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Open the full verse study13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
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Open the full verse study126It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.
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Open the full verse study16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
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Open the full verse study3Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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Open the full verse study6¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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Open the full verse study7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
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Open the full verse study139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
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Open the full verse study31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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