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Children and parents

You who are children, obey your parents. Because you belong to the Lord, that is the right thing to do. God's Law says: ‘Always respect your father and your mother.’ That is the first rule of God's Law that also has a promise. The promise is this: ‘As a result, you will be happy and you will live for a long time on the earth.’[a]

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A) “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16