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Leviticus 20:9

The New Testament’s use of Leviticus

3 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Quotation2

A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.

Matt 15:1-9

Holiness-code parallel to Ex 21:17: 'Everyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.' Likely conflated in Jesus' citation; recurrence strengthens the death-penalty backing.

High confidence
Mark 7:6-13

Leviticus 20:9 ('everyone who curses his father or mother shall be put to death') is a near-identical alternate source for the death-penalty clause and may stand behind Mark alongside Exodus 21:17. Strong availability; offered as parallel attestation.

Medium confidence

Echo1

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Acts 18:5-6 ?

The recurring legal formula 'his blood shall be upon him' (cf. vv.11-13,16,27) is the juridical source of the 'blood on your own head' idiom of self-responsibility that Paul invokes.

Low confidence
Elsewhere in Leviticus 20
Leviticus 20:13 2Leviticus 20:21 2