10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'
10 Moses said, 'Respect your father and mother,' and, 'Anyone denouncing father or mother should be killed.'
10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'
10 For instance, Moses gave you this law from God: 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:10
Commentary on Mark 7:1-13
(Read Mark 7:1-13)
One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear that it is the duty of children, if their parents are poor, to relieve them as far as they are able; and if children deserve to die that curse their parents, much more those that starve them. But if a man conformed to the traditions of the Pharisees, they found a device to free him from the claim of this duty.