caring for elderly parents

⁸But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

⁴But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let her first learn to manage her own household, and to fulfill, in turn, her own obligation to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.

¹²Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

³²Rise up in the presence of a gray-haired head, and honor the reputation of an elder, and fear the Lord your God. I am the Lord.

¹⁶Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has instructed you, so that you may live a long time, and so that it may be well with you in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

¹You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers;

²²Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.

²⁷This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.

²Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: ³so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.

¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.

⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

⁹And he said to them: “You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition. ¹⁰For Moses said: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.’ ¹¹But you say, ‘If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,’ ¹²then you do not release him to do anything for his father or mother, ¹³rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way.”

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;

⁹Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Do not abandon me when my strength will fail.

²⁵And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.” ²⁷Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.

³Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried in my bosom, who were born from my womb. ⁴Even to your old age, I am the same. And even with your grey hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will sustain you. I will carry you, and I will save you.