Exodus 12:26
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
Cross-reference
Exodus 13:8 mirrors the same child's question about Passover, instructing parents to explain God's deliverance from Egypt.
Exodus 13:14 repeats the pattern: a son asks about the redemption of firstborn, and parents recount the Exodus.
Exodus 13:5 sets the context: the Passover service is to be kept in the promised land, where children will ask its meaning.
Joshua 4:6 has children asking about memorial stones, exactly paralleling the Passover question-and-answer format.
In Joshua 4:21-24, children ask about stones at the Jordan, and fathers recount the crossing — a parallel pattern of memorial and explanation.
Psalm 78:3-6 commands telling the next generation God's deeds, echoing the Passover teaching moment here.
Psalm 145:4 speaks of one generation commending God's works to another — the same generational testimony as the Passover question.
Isaiah 38:19 describes fathers making known God's faithfulness to children — the same duty as responding to the child's question.
Deuteronomy 6:20 directly parallels this: a son asks about the meaning of God's commands, and the father explains.
Deuteronomy 6:7 commands teaching God's words to children diligently, a broader application of the same instructional duty.
Deuteronomy 16:3 explains the unleavened bread as a reminder of affliction — the content of what parents should teach when children ask about the Passover.
Deuteronomy 11:19 similarly urges parents to teach God's commands to children in daily life, echoing the parental role.
Deuteronomy 32:7 invites children to ask elders about past deeds, a related pattern of intergenerational teaching.
Psalm 111:4 says God causes his works to be remembered — the Passover ritual is a means of remembering, as children are taught.
Ephesians 6:4 broadens the principle: fathers are to bring up children in the Lord's instruction, of which the Passover teaching is an example.