A moment in scripture
Mark 7:10
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For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
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The surrounding passage
- Mark 7:8
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
- Mark 7:9
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
- Mark 7:11
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
- Mark 7:12
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.