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Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise, that it may be well with you, and you may live long upon the earth.read more.
And fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
But if any widow has children, or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give benefactions to their ancestors: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be prudent, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
And by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, and the sister of His mother, Mary the mother of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Then Jesus seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved, standing by, said to His mother; Woman, behold, thy son. Then He says to the disciple, Behold, thy mother. And from that hour that disciple received her into his own home.
Forget not hospitality: for by it some having entertained angels were incognizant.
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven nests; but the Son of man has not a place where He may recline His head.
And it came to pass while they were going round, He also came into a certain village: and a certain woman by name Martha received Him into her house. And there was a sister to her called Mary, who indeed sitting down at the feet of the Lord, continued to hear his word: and Martha was very busy about much serving. And standing over Him, she said, Lord, is there no care to thee that my sister has left me to serve alone? then say to her that she must assist me.read more.
And the Lord responding said to her, Martha, Martha, you are solicitous and encumbered concerning many things: but there is need of one thing: for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken from her.
And it came to pass when He entered into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him.
And He having come to the ship, the demonized man intreated Him that he should be with Him. And He did not permit him, but says to him, Go to thine own house to thy people, and proclaim to them how many things the Lord has done for thee, and had mercy on thee. And he went away, and began to preach in Decapolis, how many things Jesus did to him. And all were astonished.
And the man out of whom the demons had gone prayed to be with Him. And Jesus sent him away, saying, Return to thy own house, and relate, how many things God has done unto thee. And he departed throughout the whole city, preaching how many things Jesus did unto him.
And into whatsoever city or village you may enter, investigate who in it is worthy; and there abide until you may go hence. And going into a house, salute it. And if the house may be worthy, let your peace come on it: but if it may be unworthy, let your peace return unto you.read more.
And whosoever may not receive you, nor hear your words, going out from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
And He said to them, Into whatsoever house you may enter, there abide until you may go out from thence. And whatsoever place may not receive you nor hear you, going forth thence, shake off the dust which is beneath your feet for a testimony unto them.
And into whatsoever house you may eaten there abide, and go out from thence. And so many as may not receive you, going out from that city, knock off the dust of your feet for a testimony against them.
Into whatsoever house you may enter, first say, Peace be unto this house. And if the son of peace may be there, your peace shall rest upon it: but if not, it shall return unto you. Abide in the same house, eating and drinking those things which are with them: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and inherit eternal life.
Jesus said, Truly I say unto you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, on account of me and the gospel, except he may receive a hundredfold now in this time, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the coming age eternal life.
And He said to them, Truly I say unto you, that there is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who may not receive a hundredfold in this time, and in the coming age eternal life.
until this hour we both hunger and thirst, and suffer for insufficient clothing, and are buffeted; and we tramp,
By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise: for he anticipated a city having foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.
And I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, in order that, when it may fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle may be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. For in this we groan, longing to be invested with our house which is from heaven: if indeed having been invested, we shall not be found unclothed.read more.
For indeed being in this tabernacle we groan, being burdened; not that we wish to be divested, but invested, that mortality may be swallowed up of life. But the one having wrought us out unto this same thing is God, the one having given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident even knowing that, being present in the body, we are absent from the Lord; (for we walk by faith, not by sight); but we are confident and delighted rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord. Therefore we are truly ambitious, whether being present or absent, to be well pleasing unto him. For it behooves us all to appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive according to those things which he has done through the body, whether good or evil.
But, according to his promises, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, wherein righteousness dwells.
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Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;
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Then when they took breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter; Simon, the son of Jonah, dost thou love me with divine love more than these? He says to Him, Yes, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Feed my lambs.
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in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
But I proclaim to those who have married, not I, but the Lord, That a wife shall not depart from her husband
Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
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But I say unto you, That whosoever may send away his wife, not for fornication, and may marry another, commits adultery.
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having received the remembrance of the unhypocritical faith which is in you; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded that it is in you also.
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Every one sending away his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery; and the one marrying her who has been sent away by her husband commits adultery.
Have you been given to a wife? do not seek separation; have you been separated from a wife? do not seek a wife.
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And being instigated by her mother, she says, Give me the head of John the Baptist here in a charger.
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But I say unto you, that every one sending away his wife, except on account of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever may marry her who has been cast off commits adultery.
But I proclaim to those who have married, not I, but the Lord, That a wife shall not depart from her husband (but if indeed she may depart, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled unto her husband); and that the husband shall not send away the wife.
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and bring hither the fatted calf, slay him, and eating, let us be merry: because this my son was dead, and is alive again; was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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And He did not permit him, but says to him, Go to thine own house to thy people, and proclaim to them how many things the Lord has done for thee, and had mercy on thee.
But if any widow has children, or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give benefactions to their ancestors: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Then He says to the disciple, Behold, thy mother. And from that hour that disciple received her into his own home.
to be prudent, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
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Marriage is honorable among all, and the couch undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses beautifully.
Therefore I wish the younger women to marry, to raise up children, to rule the house, to give no occasion to the adversary for the sake of reproach;
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And the chief priests and scribes seeing the wonderful things which He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying; Hosanna to the son of David, were indignant,
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Therefore it behooves the bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, modest, prudent, orderly, hospitable, competent to teach,
if any one is irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of riot or incorrigible.
And He responding said to them, Have you not read, that the one having made them from the beginning made them male and female?
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And he sitting on his tribunal, his wife sent to him, saying, Let there be nothing to thee and that just man: for this day I suffered many things in a dream on account of Him.
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But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of the heavens.
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on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle may be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
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And I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, in order that, when it may fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles.
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And He said to her, What do you wish? She says to Him, Tell me that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.
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to be prudent, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
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to be prudent, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
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After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no one was able to number, out of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth passed away; and the sea is no more.
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And fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, in order that they may not be discouraged.
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ruling his own house beautifully; having children in subordination with all gravity;
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses beautifully.
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And He did not permit him, but says to him, Go to thine own house to thy people, and proclaim to them how many things the Lord has done for thee, and had mercy on thee.
But if any widow has children, or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give benefactions to their ancestors: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
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And immediately the father of the child crying out with tears, continued to say, I believe; assist thou my unbelief.
and intreats Him much saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: that coming He may lay hands on her, in order that she may be saved and live.
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Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.
And I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, in order that, when it may fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles.
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Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not spare: for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for the children,
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Happy are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city.
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Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise,
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But if any widow has children, or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give benefactions to their ancestors: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
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And the younger of them said to the father, Father, give to me the portion of the estate that falls to me. And he immediately divided unto them his living. And not many days afterward the younger son gathering all together, departed into a far-off country; and there wasted his substance living riotously.
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For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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And behold, a Canaanitish woman having come out from those coasts, cried unto Him saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is terribly demonized.
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and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is a lunatic and suffers terribly: for frequently he falls into the fire, and frequently into the water.
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having received the remembrance of the unhypocritical faith which is in you; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded that it is in you also.
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But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
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but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt, and thieves do not break through and steal:
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Therefore if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask Him?
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And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, to which was the name Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man, to whom was the name Joseph of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.
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But Jesus seeing was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
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And taking them that hour of the night, he washed the blood from their stripes; and he and his were baptized immediately:
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » Mary sits at jesus' feet in her home
And there was a sister to her called Mary, who indeed sitting down at the feet of the Lord, continued to hear his word:
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And when she and her household were baptized, she entreated us, saying, If you have found me to be faithful to the Lord, having come into my house, abide: and she constrained us.
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Moreover do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.
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And having risen, he came to his father. And he being yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having run, fell upon his neck, and kissed him copiously.
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And by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, and the sister of His mother, Mary the mother of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
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For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are afar off, so many as the Lord our God may call.
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Then the father knew that it was at that hour at which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth: and he and all his house believed.
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he first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found Messiah, which is being interpreted, Christ.
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Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.
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in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
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Return to thy own house, and relate, how many things God has done unto thee. And he departed throughout the whole city, preaching how many things Jesus did unto him.
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But you say, If a man may say to father or mother, Corban, that is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me;
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And He said to them, Why were you seeking after me? Did you not know that it behooved me to be in the affairs of my Father?
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For the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and asked Him that He may cast the demon out of her daughter.
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And it came to pass when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant in her womb leaped; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and she spoke with a loud voice and said;
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And Mary said; My soul doth magnify the Lord,
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There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fishes: but what are these among so many?
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A New Home
John 14:2Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.
Education, At Home
Ephesians 6:4And fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Individuals going home
Matthew 12:44Then he says, I will return to my own house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it empty, swept, and beautified.
Not going home directly
Matthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way.
Order In The Home
1 Timothy 2:1-2Moreover, first of all things, I exhort you, that prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made in behalf of all men;
Sending people home
Acts 19:41And having said these things, he dismissed the church.
