<p>7:10<em> For Moses said- &quot;</em>Commanded&quot;. God's word speaks directly to us, whereas the Greek word for &ldquo;tradition&rdquo; means something passed down. To make the point, the Lord speaks of the commandments of Moses as&nbsp;<em>God </em>commanding. The Jews spoke of&nbsp;<em>Moses&nbsp;</em>commanding (Jn. 8:5), and although the Lord also does (Mt. 8:4), His point is that it was effectively&nbsp;<em>God</em>&nbsp;commanding.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Honour your father and your mother, and, He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death</em>-Thus the Lord Jesus saw as parallel the commands to honour parents and also not to curse them. These two separate commands (from Ex. 20:12 and 21:17) He spoke of as only one: &quot;<em>the</em> commandment&quot; (Mk. 7:9). He therefore saw that not to honour parents was effectively to curse them (Mk. 7:10). <em>Omitting </em>to honour parents, even if it involved appearing to give one's labour to God's temple, was therefore the same as <em>committing </em>the sin of cursing them.</p>