18 Bible Verses on Honouring Parents, and the Loophole Jesus Closed

The sharpest thing Jesus ever said about honouring parents was said to religious people who had found a way around it. They had a rule: declare your money devoted to God, and you were released from supporting your father and mother. Jesus calls that setting aside the command of God for the sake of a tradition. It is the key to the whole subject, because the commandment turns out to be about upkeep rather than manners. Eighteen passages follow —…