27 Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother. (WEB) 28 Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you? (WEB) 29 Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests. (WEB) 30 With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers. (WEB) 31 Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things. (WEB)
Sirach 7:27–31
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