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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Matthew 15:4 → Exodus 20:12

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 15:4BSB

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Earlier text

Exodus 20:12BSB

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

+ 2 more earlier texts

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 5:16BSB

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Earlier text

Exodus 21:17BSB

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Significance

Jesus quotes both the Decalogue and case law to demonstrate that written Torah takes absolute precedence over oral tradition. The Pharisees' qorban practice allowed people to declare resources "devoted to temple" to avoid helping aging parents, directly violating the fifth commandment. This exposes how human tradition can undermine God's explicit commands. Jesus establishes that moral obligations from Torah remain permanently binding and cannot be circumvented by religious innovations. Scripture trumps tradition when they conflict.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Analogy

▸ The Decalogue

Linked Mentions 1

Anchor Texts 1

Exodus 20 — The Decalogue

Matthew 15:4 → Exodus 20:12

Significance

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