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.
They say 'you don't have to honor your parents if you've dedicated your money to God instead.' You've basically canceled out God's actual commandment with your own made-up rules.
Don't let human traditions override what God actually said.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the Pharisees were influential Jewish religious leaders who had developed oral traditions that they often prioritized over the direct commandments of the Old Testament. One such tradition, known as Corban, allowed people to dedicate their possessions to the temple, thereby exempting them from using those resources to support their aging parents and effectively nullifying the Fifth Commandment to honor father and mother. Jesus used this example in Matthew 15 to expose how human traditions could undermine God's unchanging law.
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