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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. |
‘is released from honoring his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. |
he is not to honor his father or mother (by supporting them with it).’ And thus you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. |
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he is not to ‘honor his father or his mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. |
then he is exempt and no longer under obligation to honor and help his father or his mother. So for the sake of your tradition (the rules handed down by your forefathers), you have set aside the Word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect]. |
he will positively not pay due reverence and respect to his father and his mother. In short, you deprived the Word of God of its force and authority because of your precepts which were handed down to you from your fathers. |
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then he will never honour his father again. And so your tradition makes the commandment of God ineffectual. |
is under no obligation at all to help (honor) his parent.’ So you have set aside what God has said for the sake of what has been handed down to you. |
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