Paul explicitly quotes the command to honor father and mother and highlights its attached promise, with the longer promise wording aligning especially well with Deuteronomy 5:16. The promise is applied inside Christian household instruction.

Jesus quotes the command to honor father and mother while confronting a tradition that allowed people to evade practical care for parents, making Scripture the standard by which tradition is judged.

Jesus quotes the command to honor father and mother while exposing a tradition that could be used to avoid family obligation, placing Scripture above human religious convention. The passage is another direct Scripture-versus-tradition test.