1 Timothy 5:2

5:2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity.

1 Timothy 5:17

5:17 Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.

Exodus 20:12

20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

Matthew 15:6

15:6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

Matthew 15:1

Breaking Human Traditions

15:1 Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

Matthew 2:6

2:6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are in no way least among the rulers of Judah,

for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

Matthew 2:1

The Visit of the Wise Men

2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

Matthew 2:17

2:17 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

Matthew 3:7

3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?