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Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.” Blessing of the Children.
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Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them,
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but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
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And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.
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Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those engaged in selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
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When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wondrous things he was doing, and the children crying out in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant
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He said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards he changed his mind and went.
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When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him. The Parable of the Tenants.
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saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’
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Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets;
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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.”
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A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter, “Surely you too are one of them; even your speech gives you away.”
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And the whole people said in reply, “His blood be upon us and upon our children.”