Translations:Did Jesus really support the death penalty for cursing a parent?/40/en

God attaches civil penalties to only a small number of his commandments. A civil death penalty, tied to a commandment, shows how important it is not to break it. For example, in Biblical law, if you accidentally (or even on purpose, because you were starving) ate an animal that was ceremonially "unclean," you would have to wash your clothes, and you would be ceremonially "unclean" until evening (Leviticus 11:40). That's all. And there was no civil enforcement of this penalty.