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“A cry was heard in Ramah— weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted, for they are dead.”
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Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
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God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
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In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
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“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?
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So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
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“A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.
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“To what can I compare this generation? It is like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,
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About 5,000 men were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children!
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Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
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There were 4,000 men who were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children.
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Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.
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Jesus Blesses the Children
One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
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But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”
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And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
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The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David.” But the leaders were indignant.
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They asked Jesus, “Do you hear what these children are saying?” “Yes,” Jesus replied. “Haven’t you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, ‘You have taught children and infants to give you praise.’”
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“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.’
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Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children, so his brother married the widow.
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Jesus Grieves over Jerusalem
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
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And all the people yelled back, “We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!”
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Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
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She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”
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Jesus Blesses the Children
One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
