Mat 15:4 | NET2full | STEP | For God said , ‘ Honor your father and mother ’ and ‘ Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death .’

Matthew 15:4

4 For God said, ^{▼▼tc Most mss (א*,2b C L N W Γ Δ 0106 33 565 1241 1424 Maj) have an expanded introduction here; instead of “For God said,” they read “For God commanded, saying” (ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἐνετείλατο λέγων, ho gar theos eneteilato legōn). But such expansions are generally motivated readings; in this case, most likely it was due to the wording of the previous verse (“the commandment of God”) that caused early scribes to add to the text. Although it is possible that other witnesses reduced the text to the simple εἶπεν (eipen, “[God] said”) because of perceived redundancy with the statement in v. 3, such is unlikely in light of the great variety and age of these authorities (א2a B D Θ 073 ƒ1, 13 579 700 892 lat co, as well as other versions and fathers).} ‘Honor your father and mother’ ^{▼▼sn A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.} and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ ^{▼▼sn A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9.}