Study Desk

"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother's widow and raise up offspring for him.

and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God-

children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

"Abraham is our father," they replied. "If you were children of Abraham," said Jesus, "you would do the works of Abraham.

You are doing the works of your father." "We are not illegitimate children," they declared. "Our only Father is God Himself."

and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: 'Where I am going, you cannot come.'

So He called out to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" "No," they answered.

This promise belongs to you and to your children and to all who are far off, to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself."

When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: 'You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.'

But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ-if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

Nor because they are Abraham's descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, "Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned."