Malachi 1:6 Cross References - Moffatt

⁹ Let this be how you pray: 'our Father in heaven, thy name be revered,

¹⁴ For if you forgive men their trespasses, then your heavenly Father will forgive you; ¹⁵ but if you do not forgive men, your Father will not forgive your trespasses either.

²¹ It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

⁴ God enjoined, Honour your father and mother, and, He who curses his father or mother is to suffer death.

⁶ need not honour his father or mother. So you have repealed the law of God to suit your own tradition.

¹⁹ honour your father and mother, and you must love your neighbour as yourself."

¹⁰ Thus, Moses said, Honour your father and mother, and, He who curses his father or mother is to suffer death.

¹⁹ You know the commands: do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honour your father and mother."

³⁶ Be merciful, as your Father is merciful.

⁴⁶ Why call me, 'Lord, Lord!' and obey me not?

²⁹ Anxious to make an excuse for himself, however, he said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbour?"

²⁰ You know the commands: do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honour your father and mother."

¹³ You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right: that is what I am. ¹⁴ Well, if I have washed your feet, I who am your Lord and Teacher, you are bound to wash one another's feet; ¹⁵ for I have been setting you an example, that you should do what I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know all this, blessed are you if you really do it.

² honour your father and mother (it is the first command with a promise),

¹ Let all servants who are under the yoke of slavery remember that their masters are entitled to perfect respect — otherwise it will be a scandal to the Name of God and to our doctrine. ² Those who have Christian believers as their masters must not take liberties with them because they are brothers; they must be all the better servants because those who get the good of their service are believers and beloved. This is what you are to teach and preach.

⁹ Tell servants to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction all round, not to be refractory, ¹⁰ not to embezzle, but to prove themselves truly faithful at all points, so as to be an ornament to the doctrine of God our Saviour in all respects.

¹⁷ And as you call upon a Father who judges everyone impartially by what he has done, be reverent in your conduct while you sojourn here below;

¹⁷ Do honour to all, love the brotherhood, reverence God, honour the emperor. ¹⁸ Servants, be submissive to your masters with perfect respect, not simply to those who are kind and reasonable but to the surly as well — ¹⁹ for it is a merit when from a sense of God one bears the pain of unjust suffering.