¹⁰ Woe to him who says to a father, "What have you become the father of?" or to a woman, "With what do you travail?"

¹⁶ Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.

⁶ "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'

⁹ Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?