“And he who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.
“But when a man acts presumptuously against his neighbour, to kill him by treachery, you are to take him even from My slaughter-place to die.
“And he who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall certainly be put to death.
There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother –
An eye that mocks his father, And scorns to obey his mother – Ravens of the wadi dig it out, And young eagles eat it!
Cursed is he who strikes his neighbour secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
knowing this: that Torah is not laid down for a righteous being, but for the lawless and unruly, for the wicked and for sinners, for the wrong-doers and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,