The Care of Aged Parents—Parents are entitled to a degree of love and respect which is due to no other person. God Himself, who has placed upon them a responsibility for the souls committed to their charge, has ordained that during the earlier years of life, parents shall stand in the place of God to their children. And he who rejects the rightful authority of his parents is rejecting the authority of God. The fifth commandment requires children not only to yield respect, submission, and obedience to their parents but also to give them love and tenderness, to lighten their cares, to guard their reputation, and to succor and comfort them in old age. It also enjoins respect for ministers and rulers and for all others to whom God has delegated authority.—Patriarchs and Prophets, 308 (1890). {2MCP 747.1}

(747) Omsorg for ældre forældre — Forældre har ret til kærlighed og respekt frem for alle andre mennesker. Gud, som har givet forældrene ansvaret for de sjæle, som er betroet dem, har bestemt, at de skal stå i hans sted over for børnene, mens disse er mindreårige. Og den, der forkaster sine forældres berettigede myndighed, forkaster Guds myndighed. Det femte bud kræver ikke blot, at børnene skal vise deres forældre respekt, underdanighed og lydighed, men også kærlighed og ømhed, lette deres byrder, værne deres rygte og hjælpe og trøste dem på deres gamle dage. Det indskærper også respekt for prædikanter og regenter og alle andre, som Gud har givet myndighed. — Partriarker og profeter, 153 (1890).