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Matthew 15:6

Western Saints

Jerome

And thus the parents refusing what they saw thus dedicated to God, hat they might not incur the guilt of sacrilege, perished of want, and so it came to pass that what the children offered for the needs of the temple and the service of God, went to the gain of the Priests.

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Thomas Aquinas

But from this teaching two absurdities follow: one against one's neighbor, and another against God. Against one's neighbor, because he who would speak thus, and he who was thus instructed, does not honor his father. Hence Rom. 1:30: inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents. And it follows: those who do such things are worthy of death. …

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Glossa Ordinaria

And thus through these arguments of your avarice, this youth shall Honour not his father or his mother. As if He had said; Ye have led sons into most evil deeds; so that it will come to pass that afterwards they shall not even honour their father and mother. And thus ye have made the commandment of God concerning the support of parents by their children vain through your traditions, obeying the dictates of avarice.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗