12 Honor your father and your mother(A) so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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12 “Honor your father and your mother,(A) so that you may live long(B) in the land(C) the Lord your God is giving you.

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Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment[a] with a promise, so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.[b](A)[c]

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  1. Ephesians 6:2 Or is a preeminent commandment
  2. Ephesians 6:3 Or life on the earth
  3. Ephesians 6:3 Ex 20:12

“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a](A)

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  1. Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16