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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 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 that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
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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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He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
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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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And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
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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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Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
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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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Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?
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He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
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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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Causing to Stumble
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
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The Parable of the Wandering Sheep
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
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In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
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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.
