Midrash for Bava Metzia 63:18
אלא מצוה מן התורה לפרוק בחנם ולא לטעון בחנם אלא בשכר ר"ש אומר אף לטעון בחנם תנינא להא דת"ר פריקה בחנם טעינה בשכר ר"ש אומר זו וזו בחנם
— ye are all bound to honour Me.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., though every man must fear — i.e., reverence and obey his parents — his duty to God overrides his duty to them. The verse is therefore rendered thus: Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father; nevertheless (should they order you to desecrate the Sabbath), ye shall keep my Sabbaths, because I am the Lord your God. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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