Taking Care Of Parents

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!” — read the full passage →

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God”;’ — read the full passage →

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Honor widows who are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ — read the full passage →

You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. — read the full passage →

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letteror one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. — read the full passage →

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her. — read the full passage →

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children; — read the full passage →

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.