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12 [a](A)Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.(B)

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  1. 20:12–17 The Decalogue falls into two parts: the preceding precepts refer to God, the following refer primarily to one’s fellow Israelites.

16 (A)Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

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(A)For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.’

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19 honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.’(A)

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19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.’”(A)

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20 You know the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother.’”(A)

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“Honor your father and mother.”(A) This is the first commandment with a promise, “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.”

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