And Jesus says the word of God is the Bible, so I’m afraid it isn’t quite that simple…
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ he is not to ‘honor his father’’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Not to mention, it is a bit more complicated even than that. So says the Bible…
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(* At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) (Deut 5:5 NIV)
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Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God. (Josh 3:9 NIV)
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But this word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: (1 Kings 12:22 NIV)
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He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, in accordance with the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher. (2 Kings 14:25 NIV)
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That night the word of God came to Nathan, saying: (1 Chr 17:3 NIV)
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Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice. (Ezra 9:4 NIV)
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then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there, (Jer 42:15 NIV)
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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’’” (Matt 4:4 NIV)
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“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. (Luke 8:11 NIV)
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He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” (Luke 11:28 NIV)
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If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken. (John 10:35 NIV)
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So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. (Acts 6:2 NIV)
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¶ So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7 NIV)
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So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. (Acts 18:11 NIV)
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Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. (2 Cor 4:2 NIV)
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Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Eph 6:17 NIV)
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And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe. (1 Th 2:13 NIV)
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In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! (Heb 5:12 NIV)
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¶ I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. (Rev 1:9 NIV)