For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'
When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more."
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.
Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,
He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?'
He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.'
Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.
Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil."
Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to the LORD our God, and will be afraid because of you.
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.
You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.'
and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Our adversaries said, "They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease."
Some also there were that said, "We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine."
Also I said, "The thing that you do is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
in which was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their place.
All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
because they didn't meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Didn't Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, "If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, "the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation to God is on his head.
The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
He shall separate to the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?"
But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because he didn't offer the offering of the LORD in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
He said, "Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.
The name of that place was called Taberah, because the LORD's fire burnt among them.
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because that you have rejected the LORD who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we come out of Egypt?"'"
The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
'Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.'
because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned back from following the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you."
Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.'"
They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, "In the morning the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose he will cause to come near to him.
Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn't purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet on him.
But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
"Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
The people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." Moses prayed for the people.
Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you."
The angel of the LORD said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come forth as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:
and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"
Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father."
Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
"The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have followed the LORD completely.'
but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward."
because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of the LORD.
Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;
Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:
Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
Lead me, the LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
the LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me. For the Chief Musician. By David.
You frustrate the plan of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
Teach me your way, the LORD. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
Because they don't respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"
Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
the LORD helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him. A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.
By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.
I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.
I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by David.
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, "Aha! Aha!"
Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
because they didn't believe in God, and didn't trust in his salvation.
He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Turn us again, the LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.
Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, the LORD, have helped me, and comforted me. A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.
Because you have made the LORD your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, the LORD.
Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.
because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. the LORD is gracious and merciful.
Most of the teaching of Jesus are recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The Complete Sayings of Jesus presents every word spoken by Jesus in one place and provides an index to assist in finding specific ocassions, places and/or events. It is a must read aid for serious Bible study.
He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, saith the Lord. These are the words of Christ; and they direct us to imitate his life and character. The Imitation of Christ is guide to following the example of Jesus Christ. Let it be our most earnest study to dwell upon the life and example of Jesus.
The Apocrypha books are 14 books that were included between the old and new testaments in the original King James Version of the bible and many others. Church leaders agreed that these books were valuable for instruction in life and manners, but did not all agree that they should be considered cannon.
The Childrens Bible provides bible lessons from the Old and New testaments. There are 216 stories written in plain english. The stories are easy to read and understand but they are not just for childern. It is a pleasure to read and enjoy these important stories.
Let us love one another, for love comes from God and every one who loves is a child of God and knows God. He who loves not man does not know God, for God is love. God showed his love for us, for he sent his only Son into the world that through him we might have life. Love the stranger.
In Mark 12:30 Jesus said;
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
The Gospel of The Birth of Mary was attributed to St. Matthew and was received as genuine and authentic by early Christians. It is to be found in the works of Jerome, a Father of the Church in the 4th century and is translated from his collection.
The Book of Enoch is ascribed to the great-grandfather of Noah and is included in the cannon of some churches. It describes the fall of the angels (watchers), visions of heaven and hell and the birth of Noah. Quotes from the book of Enoch are found in the New Testament.
The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
The Second Book of Adam and Eve. Discusses Adam's sorrow and death. The history of the patriarchs who lived before the Flood until the birth of Noah; the children of Seth on Mount Hermon and Cain's death. It ends with the testament and translation of Enoch.
The Infancy of Jesus Christ (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) relates the life of Jesus from the ages of five to twelve. It is believed that the document was transcribed from oral traditions some time prior to the second century. The ancient writing is possibly Gnostic and many early church leaders considered it heretical.
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