For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
One great design of Christ's coming, was, to set aside the ceremonial law which God made, and to put an end to it; to make way for which he begins with the ceremonial law which men had made, and added to the law of God's making, and discharges his disciples from the obligation of that; which here he doth fully, upon occasion of the offence...
Commenting on Mark 7:1-23
For Moses said,.... That is, God by Moses; for the following precept was spoken by God, and written by him on one of the tables of stone, and delivered into the hands of Moses, to be given to the children of Israel: honour thy father and thy mother, Exo 20:12, the sanction of which law is, and whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death, Exo 21:17.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: (g) Without hope of pardon, he will be put to death.