'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
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.
Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb."
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong." He is a partner with a destroyer.
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.
"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.
But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.
I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.
I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother's womb. I will always praise you.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.
And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
Boaz answered her, "It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.
She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.
Her mother-in-law said to her, "Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you." She showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz."
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her.
When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" She told her all that the man had done to her.
She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"
Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.
Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover
My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
I would lead you, bringing you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, 'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of the LORD;' and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
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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