Sirach 3:1-2

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Duties toward Parents

3 Listen to me your father, O children;
and act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety.
²For the Lord honored the father above the children,
and he confirmed the right of the mother over her sons.

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