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Then Herodes, when he saw that he had been deluded by the Magians, was greatly wroth, and sent (and) killed all the children of Beth-lechem, and all its limits, from two years and under [fn] according to the time which he had inquired from the Magians.

A cry was heard in Rometha; weeping and great lamentation; Rochel weeping for her children, and not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

Blessed the makers of peace, for the children of Aloha shall they be called.

Every one, therefore, who shall set loose one from these least commandments, and shall so teach the children of men, the least shall he be called in the kingdom of heaven: but every one who shall do and teach [fn] , this [fn] shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who causeth his sun to arise on the good and on the evil, and who sendeth showers on the just and on the unjust.

If, therefore, you who are evil know to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

but the children of the kingdom shall go forth into outer darknesses; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

BUT to what shall I compare this generation ? It is like children who sit in the public place, and cry to their companions,

IN that time Jeshu answered and said, I praise thee, my Father, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou hast concealed these (things) from the wise and prudent [fn] , but hast revealed them unto little children.

Now those men who had eaten were five thousand, besides women and children.

And they who had eaten, were four thousand men, besides women and children.

He saith to them, Yes. And when Kipha entered the house, Jeshu anticipated him, and said to him, How doth it appear to thee, Shemun ? the kings of the earth, from whom do they take custom and headsilver, from their children, or from aliens ?

Shemun saith to him, From aliens: Jeshu saith to him, Then the children are free [fn]

and said, Amen I say to you, unless you be converted and become as children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.

And when he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that they should sell (both) himself, his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and to pay.

Then they brought to him children, that he should put his hand upon them and pray. And his disciples forbad them.

But Jeshu himself said, Suffer children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of those who are as these, is the kingdom of heaven.

And every man who hath relinquished houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit the life of eternity,

But when the chief priests and Pharishee saw the wondrous things which he did, and the children who were crying in the temple, and saying, Ushana to the son of David, they were displeased with them,

saying to him, Hearest thou what these say ? Jeshu saith to them, Yes: have ye not read, that from the mouth of children and of babes thou hast prepared praise ?