taking care of elderly parents

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.

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.

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.

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

⁴‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother shall die a death.’ ⁵But you say: ‘If anyone will have said to father or mother, “It is dedicated, so that whatever is from me will benefit you,” ⁶then he shall not honor his father or his mother.’ So have you nullified the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition.

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.

³¹Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

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,

¹⁷Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him? ¹⁸My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.

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.

²⁹The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.

⁵¹And he descended with them and went to Nazareth. And he was subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.