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The New International Version translates the passage as: 17:This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 18:"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
The editors of the Jerusalem Bible suggest that Matthew's purpose here is to show that Jesus is the "suffering servant" foretold by Isaiah. [6] The substitution of "son" for "servant" is possible because the Greek word παῖς (pais) can mean either "son" or "servant". [7] There are also possible links to Genesis 22:2 and Exodus 4:22. [8]
Glossa Ordinaria: "It seems to happen in many cases that the parents love the children more than the children love the parents; therefore having taught that His love is to be preferred to the love of parents, as in an ascending scale, He next teaches that it is to be preferred to the love of children, saying, And whoso loveth son or daughter ...
65. “There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between the mother and a son.” — Anonymous. 66. “Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons ...
She replied, 'No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant.' The woman conceived and bore a son at that season, in due time, as Elisha had declared to her" (2 Kings 4:16-17).
In fury the legitimate wife castigates Andromache with sexually abusive terms as "having the effrontery to sleep with the son of the father who destroyed your husband, in order to bear the child of an authentes". In the extended passage she mingles the concepts of incest and domestic murder, so that love and death color the meaning.
In the gospels of the New Testament, Jesus affirmed the importance of honouring one's father and mother. (Matthew 15:1–9, Matthew 19:17–19, Mark 10:17–19, Luke 18:18–21) Paul quotes the commandment in his letter to the church in Ephesus: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
48 Mother-Son Quotes That Embody Love Here are some of the most notable and memorable things famous sons — whether they're writers, presidents or athletes — have said about their moms: