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Massacre of the Innocents
Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.
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“A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more.”
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and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
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“But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
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Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
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But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
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Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
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and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
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But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.
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Jesus Blesses Little Children
Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.
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But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
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And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
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But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant
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saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
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Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced,
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And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”
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But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
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And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”
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“Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”
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Jesus Blesses Little Children
Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
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But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
