“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Ephesians 6:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise— More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Honor (esteem and value as precious) your father and your mother–this is the first commandment with a promise–[Exod. 20:12.] American Standard Version (1901) Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), Common English Bible The commandment “Honor your father and mother ”is the first one with a promise attached: Catholic Public Domain Version Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise: |
“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab and kept all his precepts and done all that he commanded you,
nor shall you ever build a house or sow seed, nor shall you plant a vineyard or even own one, but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you reside.’
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.
A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”
Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
“ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents, for this is pleasing in God’s sight.