Ungrateful Children Rebuked by Birds
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Leviticus 19:3
You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.


The birds can teach ungrateful children their duty towards aged parents. It is an old tradition with regard to storks, says Mr. Morris in his "British Birds," that they take care of and nourish their parents when they are too old to take care of themselves, from whence the Greek word "pelargicos," signifying the duty of children to take care of their parents; and "pelargicoi nomoi," signifying the laws relating to that duty, both derived from the Greek word for a stork; "Pelargos," from pelas, black; and "argos," white, alluding to the prevailing colours of the stork.

(Scientific Illustrations.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

WEB: "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.




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