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And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee. And they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.

Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children.

And the third took her. And in like manner, all the seven: and they left no children and died.

And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry and are given in marriage:

Neither can they die any more for they are equal to the angels and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle?

I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.

And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed.

Whilst you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spoke: and he went away and hid himself from them.

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me. And as I said to the Jews: Whither I go you cannot come; so I say to you now.

Jesus therefore said to them: Children, have you any meat? They answered him: No.

For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

You are the children of the prophets and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Who having heard this, early in the morning, entered into the temple and taught. And the high priest coming, and they that were with him, called together the council and all the ancients of the children of Israel: and they sent to the prison to have them brought.

This same, dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel: A prophet shall God raise up to you of your own brethren, as myself. Him shall you hear.