Genesis 47:6
6The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers ain the best of the land. bLet them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any cable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”Genesis 47:12
12And Joseph dprovided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.Matthew 15:5-6
5But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” ▼▼Or is an offering
6he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have fmade void the word ▼▼Some manuscripts law
of God. Mark 7:9-12
9And he said to them, “You have a fine way of hrejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10For Moses said, i‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, j‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God) ▼▼Or an offering
— 12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 1 Timothy 5:4
4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn lto show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for mthis is pleasing in the sight of God.
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