"Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

" 'God's curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'

If you curse your parents, your life will end like a lamp that goes out in the dark.

Then I told the Rechabite clan that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, "You have obeyed the command that your ancestor Jonadab gave you; you have followed all his instructions, and you have done everything he commanded you.

None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.

The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father---why don't you honor me? I am your master---why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, 'How have we despised you?'

For God said, 'Respect your father and your mother,' and 'If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.'

they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.

And Jesus continued, "You have a clever way of rejecting God's law in order to uphold your own teaching.

But you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, 'This is Corban' (which means, it belongs to God),

In this way the teaching you pass on to others cancels out the word of God. And there are many other things like this that you do."

Pay, then, what you owe them; pay them your personal and property taxes, and show respect and honor for them all.