There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them.

Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.

not from works but from the One who calls—she was told: The older will serve the younger.

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry

Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, becauseGod resists the proudbut gives grace to the humble.