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He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
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After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
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On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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The Escape to Egypt
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
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So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
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“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
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and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
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So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
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And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
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that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
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If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
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“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
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The Father Revealed in the Son
At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
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The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
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He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
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The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.
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“Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”
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“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him.
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He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.
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And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
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Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
