1 Timothy 5:4
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4 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.(A)
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Ephesians 6:1-3
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Children and Parents
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord,[a] for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise(A)— 3 “so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
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Matthew 15:4-6
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4 For God said,[a] ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A) 5 But you say that whoever tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,’[b] then that person need not honor the father.[c](B) 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you nullify the word[d] of God.
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John 19:26-27
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26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.”(A) 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
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1 Timothy 2:3
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3 This is right and acceptable before God our Savior,(A)
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Mark 7:11-13
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11 But you say that if anyone tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is Corban’ (that is, an offering to God[a]),(A) 12 then you no longer permit doing anything for a father or mother, 13 thus nullifying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed on. And you do many things like this.”
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Genesis 47:12
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12 And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
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Genesis 45:10-11
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10 You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.(A) 11 I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.’
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Luke 2:51
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51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart.(A)
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Proverbs 31:28
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28 Her children rise up and call her happy;
her husband, too, and he praises her:
1 Samuel 22:3-4
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3 David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. He said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come to you, until I know what God will do for me.” 4 He left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
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Ruth 2:18
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18 She picked it up and came into the town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Then she took out and gave her what was left over after she herself had been satisfied.(A)
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Ruth 2:2
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2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”(A)
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Isaiah 14:22
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22 I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the Lord.(A)
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Job 18:19
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19 They have no offspring or descendant among their people
and no survivor where they used to live.(A)
Judges 12:14
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14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; he judged Israel eight years.(A)
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Genesis 47:28
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28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
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