Sirach 3:1-2

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Duties toward Parents

3 Listen to me your father, O children;
act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety.
²For the Lord honors a father above his children,
and he confirms a mother’s right over her children.

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