Pleasing Parents
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on the land which the LORD your God gives you.


Epaminondas, the Theban, after winning a battle, said, "My chief pleasure is, that my parents will hear of my victory."



Parallel Verses
KJV: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

WEB: "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.




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