¹⁰ Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?

¹⁶ Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

⁶ A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

⁹ And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?