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Exodus 21:17
Exodus 21:17 is verse 17 of Exodus chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Or dishonors or reviles
Cited in Matthew 15:4 and Mark 7:10
King James Version
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
World English Bible
“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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Exodus 21:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
16 Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
18 If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
19 then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 20:9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Matthew 15:3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Matthew 15:5But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
Matthew 15:6he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Mark 7:11But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),