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But immediately Jesus spoke to them, he immediately spoke with them, saying, “'''I AM!''' Do not be afraid”, and he said to them, “Cheer up'''! I AM!''' Do not be afraid.”

Peter answered him and said, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

He said, “Come'''!'''”

Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', save me'''!'''”

Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

On the next day, that is, the day after the feeding of the five thousand, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus had not entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. However boats from [http://bibleatlas.org/full/tiberias.htm Tiberias] came near to the place where they ate the bread after '''the Lord ''' had given thanks. When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, in the synagogue, as he Taught in Capernaum, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled. Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

They said therefore to him, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', always give us this bread.”

Jesus said to them, “'''I AM''' the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you do not believe. All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. This is the will of the one who sent me, that '''everyone who sees the Son''', and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

At this, many of his followers went back, and walked no more with him. Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You do not also want to go away, do you?”

Simon Peter answered him, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

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Luke 3:19-20 ''adapted'' Mark 6:19-29 Matthew 14:12 Matthew 14:6-11 Matthew 14:1-2 Mark 6:14-16 Mark 6:29 Matthew 14:12 ''adapted'' Luke 9:7-9 Matthew 14:13a —''when Jesus heard this'' Mark 6:30 Luke 9:10a —''told him what they had done'' Mark 6:31 Matthew 14:13b —''to a lonely place apart'' Luke 9:10b Matthew 14:13c —''when the crowds heard it'' Mark 6:32 Luke 9:11a Matthew 14:13d —''on foot from the towns'' Mark 6:33 Matthew 14:14a Mark 6:34a —''like sheep without a shepherd'' Matthew 14:14b —''healed their sick'' Luke 9:11b —''who had need of healing'' Mark 6:34b —''teach them many things'' John 6:4 Luke 9:12a —''day began to wear away'' Mark 6:35a —''when it grew late'' Matthew 14:15 Luke 9:12b —''here in a lonely place'' Mark 6:35b-36 Matthew 14:16 Mark 6:37a —''give them something to eat'' Luke 9:13a —''something to eat'' Mark 6:37b —''something to eat?'' John 12:4, 6b ''adapted'' John 6:5-7 Mark 6:38 —''said, "Five and two fish"'' John 6:8-9 Matthew 14:17 —''and two fish'' Luke 9:13b-14a —''about five thousand men'' Matthew 14:18 John 6:10a —''make the people sit down'' Matthew 14:19a —''sit down on the grass'' John 6:10b —''much grass in the place'' Mark 6:39 —''upon the green grass'' Luke 9:14b-15 —''made them all sit down'' Mark 6:40 John 6:10c —''about five thousand'' Matthew 14:19b —''five loaves and two fish'' Mark 6:41a —''five loaves and two fish'' Luke 9:16a —''five loaves and two fish'' John 6:11a —''took the loaves'' Matthew 14:19c —''looked up to heaven and blessed'' Mark 6:41b —''looked up to heaven and blessed'' Luke 9:16b —''blessed and broke them'' Matthew 14:19d —''gave the loaves to the disciples'' Mark 6:41c —''to set before the people'' Luke 9:16c —''to set before the crowd'' John 6:11b —''to those who were seated'' John 6:11d Matthew 14:19e —''gave them to the crowds'' Mark 6:41d —''the two fish among them all'' John 6:11d —''the fish, as much as they wanted'' Luke 9:17a —''all ate and were satisfied'' Mark 6:42 Matthew 14:20a —''and were satisfied'' John 6:12 —''that nothing may be lost'' John 6:13 —''left by those who had eaten'' Matthew 14:20b —''broken pieces left over'' Luke 9:17b —''baskets of broken pieces'' Mark 6:43-44 Matthew 14:21 John 6:14~~ John 6:~~-15a Matthew 14:22a Mark 6:45a Matthew 14:22b Mark 6:45b Matthew 14:22c-23a Mark 6:46 John 6:15b Matthew 14:23b —''he was there alone''

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Herod the governor, having been reprimanded by John for his immoral marriage to Herodias, his brother Philip's wife and for all the other evils he had done

Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger. They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”

She said, “No one, '''Lord'''.”

Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”

He answered, “Who is he, '''Lord''', that I may believe in him?”

Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.”

He said, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', I believe'''!'''” and he worshiped him.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

John 7:2–8:1 John 18:1, 2b John 8:2-59 Luke 4:30 Luke 24:16 John 9:1–10:21

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"'''Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.'''"

:John 7:3

:The disrespectful and taunting attitude displayed by the “brethren of the Lord” here strongly implies they are his elders. In ancient and, particularly, in Eastern societies, older sons had authority of seniority and gave advice to the younger, but the younger seldom ever gave advice to the older—it was considered disrespectful, even shameful, to do so. But here (John 7:3-4) we find Jesus’ “brethren” saying to him that Galilee was no place for him and that he should go to Judea so he could make a name for himself. Many well-established biblical scholars argue that family [[ethics]] would not permit younger siblings to taunt or otherwise meddle with an older brother as Jesus' ~~brothers~~ brethren taunted him here. "''For neither did his brethren believe in him.''" John 7:5 KJV This kind of behavior could make sense for ancient Jews only if the “brethren” were older than Jesus. That alone appears to many Bible scholars to eliminate them as his biological ~~brothers~~brethren, since Jesus was Mary’s “first-born” son (Luke 2:7). Jesus grew up in Nazareth, and the people of Nazareth referred to him as “the son of Mary” (Mark 6:3), not as “'''''a''''' son of Mary.” In the Gospels other relatives of the Lord according to the flesh (Romans 1:3) are never referred to as Mary’s sons, not even when they are called Jesus’ “brethren.” At the foot of the cross, when he was dying, Jesus entrusted his mother to the unnamed disciple whom he loved (John 19:26-27), whom tradition identifies as the apostle John. The Gospels mention four of his “brethren”: James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude. For established biblical scholars and [[Anthropology|anthropologists]], knowledgeable in the customs and culture of the ancient Semitic peoples and of Jews in particular, it is hard to imagine why Jesus, who "did not come to destroy the law, or the prophets" (Matthew 5:17), would have disregarded family ties and made this provision for his mother if these four were also her sons born of her womb (''see'' Exodus 20:12; 21:17; Leviticus 20:9; Matthew 15:3-9; Deuteronomy 27:16 "''Cursed be he who dishonoreth his father or his mother''"—"''setteth light by his father or his mother''" KJV). Even if they were embarrassed or ashamed of her or Jesus, their duties as her own biological sons would ''[[ipso facto]]'' have made them by law her providers and protectors, religiously obligated to honor her, to whom she would unquestionably be entrusted according to inviolable Jewish cultural custom, ''especially'' as interpreted and taught by the [[Tannaim]] in accordance with authoritative opinions derived by them from the [[Torah]] of Moses. If they were her sons, and still living, they would be obligated, and John the son of Zebedee would have been disqualified.

:See the following:

:According to many [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|textual critics]] analysis appears to show that the language and style of this text is not consistent with the language and style of the Johannine texts we have in the New Testament. Professional [[Linguistics|Linguistists]] have pointed out that it has most resemblance to the language of Luke, and in a few textual witnesses (extant manuscripts) has been found there after Luke 21:38, or appended to the end of John, or to the end of Luke. Many others disagree, pointing out the undeniable fact that the far greater majority of extant [[Bible manuscript evidence|biblical manuscripts]] of the Gospel of John have this passage here between the texts of John 7:52 and John 8:12.

:It is reasonable to speculate that various Christian scribes and copyists were unable to reconcile Luke 20:40, "''And no one dared to ask him any more '''questions'''''", with the fact that the Jews brought to Jesus the woman "''caught in the act of adultery''" and asked him the '''question''', "''In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?''" However, there is a difference in asking a rhetorical question on disputed points of doctrine in the Torah of Moses as in the [[Talmud]], and asking him to render a [[Opinion|judgment]] on a particular case. This ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' retains the account of John 7:53–8:11 here in accordance with centuries of traditional rendering of the text as received since the fourth and fifth centuries according to Jerome's [[Vulgate]] and the standard Greek Bible of the East. In accordance with the majority opinion of expert conservative textual critics, and the corresponding conservative policy regarding this text as expressed in the [[https://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project Conservative Bible Project]], the text here is also repeated again in the [[Redaction|redacted]] account of the controversies with the Jews during the week before Passover, and inserted at the place corresponding to Luke 21:38, immediately before the Passion Narratives. This offers the reader opportunity to compare the context. Those who accept the fulfillment of the promise of Jesus in John 16:13 regarding apostolic tradition and what is called the [http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_20140610_sensus-fidei_en.html ''sensus fidei''], in what has been handed down to us over all the centuries of Christianity, do not lightly remove this passage from the Bible. For this reason most translations and editions of the Bible do not omit it entirely. See Hebrews 13:17, Revelation 22:19 and [[Apostolic succession]].

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About this time the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was approaching, So His brothers told Him, "Leave here and go into Judaea, so that your disciples can also see the works that you do. For no one who wants to be known publicly does anything in secret. If you are going to do these things, then show yourself to the whole world." Because not even His brothers believed in Him.

From there he arose, and went away. Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the borders of [http://bibleatlas.org/full/tyre.htm Tyre] and Sidon, into the parts of Tyre and [http://bibleatlas.org/full/sidon.htm Sidon].

Behold, a '''Canaanite''' woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, '''Lord''', you son of David'''!''' My daughter is severely possessed by a demon'''!'''”

But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

But he answered, “I was not sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

But she came and worshiped him, saying, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', help me.”

But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

But she said, “Yes, '''Lord''', but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith'''!''' Be it done to you even as you desire.”

'''He entered into a house''', and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice. For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, '''having heard of him''', came and fell down at his feet. Now the woman was a '''Greek, a Syrophoenician by race'''. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

But she answered him, “Yes, '''Lord'''. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

He said to her, “'''For this saying''', go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

Matthew 15:1-20 —LXX Isaiah 29:13 Mark 7:1-24a —LXX Isaiah 29:13 Matthew 15:21-28 Mark 7:24b-37 Matthew 15:29a

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"'''The Disciples'''"

:Those who read, or interpret, "''the disciples''" as strictly meaning only the Twelve Apostles, are in error because they are ignorant of the scriptures (Matthew 22:29). Such a reading of the text is an example of [[eisegesis]]. The Twelve are often called "''his twelve disciples''" (Matthew 11:1; 20:17), but multiple references to "''the disciples''" in all the Gospels demonstrate that he had more than twelve disciples, whom he also called "~~brothers~~brethren" and "sisters" and "mother". Mary herself was uniquely his mother, descended from David according to the flesh (Romans 1:3 and Hebrews 10:5), and she was also his mother and disciple from the very beginning in accordance with his words which he spoke here, because she heard the word of God and kept it: Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 2:51, John 2:5). See 1 Corinthians 15:5-7; Acts 1:14-15; John 6:66-71; Luke 6:13; Mark 4:10; Matthew 5:1, 8:18-22, 23:1.

:The textual critic and the student of the Bible who sees "''the disciples''" as strictly referring only to the Twelve will have difficulty reconciling accounts in the Gospels which sound similar, and are read by them as being ''therefore'' identical. As a consequence, the words of Jesus may appear to them to be only approximately remembered, because in their comparative reading of similar texts the words are not identically phrased;

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Then several scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, and said, "Why do your students break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

Afterward, when he had left the people and entered the house, His students asked Him about the parable. To this he responded, "Are you also so ignorant? Don't you see that anything which enters a man from outside cannot corrupt him, because it enters his stomach, not his heart, and then is eliminated?"

[The [[https://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project Conservative Bible]] text omits the next phrase included in most versions of [http://biblehub.com/multi/mark/7-19.htm Mark 7:19b] — KJV "thus purging all meats", RSVCE "(Thus he declared all foods clean.)"]

To this he added, "Anything that comes out of a man, it is that which corrupts him. Because, from inside of the heart come evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, murder, theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lustfulness, an evil eye, blasphemy, uncontrolled pride, and foolishness. All of these wicked things come from inside a man and corrupt him."

But then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ. He warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”

He commanded them that they should tell no one about him. He began to Teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. He spoke to them openly. Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, ~~Lord~~'''Lord!''' This will never be done to you.”

But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan'''!''' You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

After six days, about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain, brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves; he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep. But when they were fully awake, as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling. His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no fuller's earth on earth can whiten them. He was transformed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light, and he was changed into another form in front of them. Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory. Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him. They saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him. And they were talking with Jesus, and spoke of his exodus, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. And behold, a cloud came, overshadowing them. A bright cloud came and overshadowed them. Then they parted from him and entered into the cloud. And they, Peter, John and James, were afraid as they entered into the cloud. As they were parting from him, Peter answered, and said to Jesus (he did not know what to say), ~~“Rabbi—Master—Lord~~“Rabbi—Master—'''Lord''', it is good for us to be here. If you want, let us make three [[Tabernacle]]s here''':''' one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said.

For he did not know what to say, for they were very afraid. And while he said these things, while he was still speaking, behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation'''!''' How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

The man came to him, kneeling down to him, and saying, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”

Jesus answered, he answered him, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring your son here. Bring him to me.”

Matthew 15:29b-31 Mark 8:1-3 Matthew 15:32 Mark 8:4 Matthew 15:33-34 Mark 8:5 Matthew 15:35 Mark 8:6 Matthew 15:36 Mark 8:7-8 Matthew 15:37-38 Mark 8:9 Matthew 15:39a Mark 8:10-21 Matthew 15:39b–16:12 Mark 8:22-27 Matthew 16:13 Luke 9:18-19 Matthew 16:14 Mark 8:28 Matthew 16:15 Luke 9:20a Mark 8:29a Luke 9:20b Mark 8:29b Matthew 16:16-20 Luke 9:21-22 Mark 8:30-31 Matthew 16:21 Mark 8:32 Matthew 16:22-23 Mark 8:33 Matthew 16:24-28 Mark 8:34–9:1 Luke 9:23-27 Matthew 17:1 Mark 9:2 Luke 9:28 Mark 9:3 Luke 9:29 Luke 9:'''32a''' Matthew 17:2 Luke 9:'''32b''' Matthew 17:3 Mark 9:4 Luke 9:'''30-31''' Mark 9:'''7''' Matthew 17:'''5''' Luke 9:'''34''' Luke 9:'''33''' Matthew 17:'''4''' Mark 9:'''5-6''' Luke 9:'''35''' Matthew 17:'''6-8''' Mark 9:8 Luke 9:36-37a Matthew 17:9 Mark 9:9-10 Matthew 17:10 Mark 9:11-13 Matthew 17:11-13 Mark 9:13 Luke 9:37b Mark 9:14-15 Luke 9:38-40 Matthew 17:14a Mark 9:16-18 Matthew 17:14b-17 Mark 9:19 Luke 9:41 Mark 9:20a Luke 9:42a Mark 9:20b-26 Luke 9:42b Mark 9:27 Matthew 17:18 Luke 9:43-45 Matthew 17:19 Mark 9:28 Matthew 17:20-21 Mark 9:29-32 Matthew 17:22-23

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and went up into a mountain and sat down there.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the Assembly. If he refuses to hear the Assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector. Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will be released in heaven. Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

Then Peter came and said to him, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', how often shall '''my brother''' sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”

Jesus said to him, “I do not tell you up to seven times, but, up to seventy times seven. Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But because he could not pay, his '''lord ''' commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ~~‘Lord~~‘'''Lord''', have patience with me, and I will repay you all'''!'''’ The '''lord ''' of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

“But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe'''!'''’

“So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you'''!'''’ He would not, but went and cast him into prison, up unto the day he should pay back that which was due. So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their '''lord ''' all that was done. Then his '''lord ''' called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant'''!''' I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’ His '''lord ''' was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, up unto the very day he should pay all that was due to him. So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you do not each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

When Jesus had finished these words, he arose from there. He departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the [http://bibleatlas.org/beyond_the_river.htm Jordan]. Great multitudes followed him. Multitudes came together to him again, and he healed them there. As he usually did, he was again Teaching them.

Mark 9:33a Luke 9:46-50 Matthew 17:24-27 Mark 9:33-50 —LXX Judith 16:17 Matthew 18:1–19:2 Mark 10:1-16 Matthew 19:3-15

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:Greek text Matthew 18: 21 Τότε προσελθὼν αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπε· Κύριε, ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ '''ἀδελφός''' μου καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ; ἕως ἑπτάκις

:Significantly, no biblical commentary on this passage in Matthew relates this word ἀδελφός to Peter's own brother Andrew (Matthew 4:18, Mark 1:16, Luke 6:14, John 6:8). Instead, all Bible commentaries at this place, Protestant and Catholic alike, understand Peter to mean "neighbor" or "fellow Israelite". The New Testament does not say that Andrew is '''''one''''' of Peter's ~~brothers~~brethren, it says that Andrew is '''''the brother''''' of Peter. The word for brother in the New Testament is always ''adelphos'' ἀδελφός, and the word for ~~brothers~~ brethren is always ''adelphoi'' ἀδελφοὶ.

:Catholic commentaries on those passages speaking of the ~~brothers~~ brethren of Jesus ἀδελφοὶ, in their defense of the doctrine of Mary's perpetual virginity, carefully point out the broader Semitic usage of "brother" as "cousin", "relative", "neighbor", "fellow Israelite", "friend", "fellow believer", "comrade", by insisting that Jesus' brothers, or brethren (relatives) and sisters, were not born of Mary's womb, but were his neighbors or his cousins, members of the same house and family of David as Joseph and Mary, or Joseph's sons by an earlier marriage who were older half-brothers of Jesus.

:Protestant commentaries defend the narrower literal meaning of ἀδελφός as a "brother" born of the same mother, as a textually based means of refuting the Catholic doctrine of Mary's perpetual virginity. Therefore, had Mary truly borne no other children after Jesus, instead of υἱόν πρωτότοκον in Luke 2:7 "firstborn son", the expression υἱόν μονογενῆ "only-born son" (only son) would have been used: "And she brought forth her only son". See the [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/2-7.htm interlinear text of Luke 2:7]. However, πρωτότοκον is also applied in Scripture to all those that "open the womb", including those after whom no others were born, and also designates the lawful heir. (The Greek title of Mary [[Theotokos|Theotokos Θέότοκος]] "God-bearer" was applied by [[Ecumenical council]]s solely in defense of the divinity of Jesus Christ who never ceased to be God the Son even from the very moment of His [[Incarnation]].)

::Primogeniture is denoted in Hebrews by '''בְּכיֹרָה''' : Septuagint '''πρωτοτόκια''', Genesis 25:31; Genesis 25:34; Genesis 27:26; Deuteronomy 21:17; 1 Chronicles 5:1; in the New Testament only in Hebrews 12:16; A. V. "birthright". '''Πρωτότοκος''', always rendered "first-born" in the English version, is found in the Septuagint in Genesis 4:4; Deuteronomy 21:17, and several other passages of the Old Testament, as the representative of the Hebrew '''בְּכוֹר''', signifying "one who openeth the womb," '''whether an only child, or whether other children follow.'''— [http://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/mse/p/primogeniture.html Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature (studylight.org)] (''boldface emphasis added'')

:Protestant commentaries do not discuss here at Matthew 18:21 any possible multiple offenses that may have been constantly committed against Peter by his own brother Andrew. They discuss instead the apparently broader intent, the broader meaning of Peter's "brother", and take for granted the general meaning of forgiving any one of our ~~brothers~~brethren, a fellow citizen and neighbor, who has offended us. This is not consistent. Moreover, the same word ἀδελφός in the plural form ἀδελφοὶ is also used of the one hundred and twenty ~~brothers~~ brethren ἀδελφοὶ gathered together in Jerusalem after the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 1:15-16). Peter addresses the whole assembly, calling them all "~~brothers~~brethren" ἀδελφοὶ. At that place in the text Protestant commentaries again inconsistently discuss the word ἀδελφοὶ according to its broader meaning of fellow disciples and believers.

:Consider the narrower literal meaning of "~~brothers~~brethren" in Acts according to the literalist meaning Protestant commentaries read into those passages speaking of the ~~brothers~~ brethren of Jesus. It is not physically possible for one woman in her lifetime to give birth to one hundred and twenty male children ἀδελφοὶ who have grown to manhood and are in attendance as adults in the assembly of Acts 1:15. It would be possible for one man to have impregnated several women who gave birth to all of his male children, making them all sons of one father grown to manhood, and making their father a promiscuous polygamist and adulterer, but they are not ''strictly and literally'' ἀδελφοὶ, that is, "'''''a-''''' from + '''''delphos''''' the (same) womb", they are not related ''from the womb''. According to the strictly literal meaning of the Greek word they are one hundred and twenty ἀδελφοὶ from the womb of one woman. Peter's use of the word adelphoi in Acts 1:16 would literalistically mean that every one of the 120 people present were all sons of Peter's own mother! This appears absurd. No one believes such a reading of the text. "''But Peter says they are his brothers! "ἀδελφοὶ"! They must be the sons of his mother! The Bible says so!''" However literal are the words ἀδελφός and ἀδελφοὶ, the narrow meaning is not their literal meaning according to [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|''the literal sense of scripture'']].

:On the sole basis of the text of the Old and New Testaments together, and in accordance with the consistently broad meaning of the biblical term "brother" as used throughout the Bible in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, there is no firm textual ground ''sola scriptura'' for maintaining absolutely that Mary was the only possible mother of the ~~brothers~~ brethren of Jesus, or that Peter here in Matthew 18:21 was only referring to his brother Andrew.

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They arrived in Capernaum, where

Peter '''began''' to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed you.”

Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or ~~brothers~~brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time''':''' houses, ~~brothers~~brethren, sisters, mothers, children, and land, '''with persecutions'''; and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last; and the last first.”

Then Jesus continued on the way.

Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?”

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Everyone who has left houses, or ~~brothers~~brethren, 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. But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ 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.’ When evening had come, the '''lord ''' of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat'''!'''’ But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. Is it not lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’ So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are '''chosen'''.”

It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem and sent messengers before his face. They went and entered into a village of the [http://bibleatlas.org/full/samaria.htm Samaritans], so as to prepare for him. They did not receive him, because he was traveling with his face set toward Jerusalem. When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

But he turned and rebuked them, “You do not know of what kind of spirit you are. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”

Mark 10:17-31 John 10:22-42 —LXX 1 Maccabees 4:36, 42-58 —LXX 2 Maccabees 1:18; 2:16, 19; 10:1-8 Matthew 19:16–20:16 Luke 9:51-56

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"'''They will never perish, and ''no one will snatch them out of my hand''. My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. ''No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand''.'''"

:John 10:28-29

:This is one of many passages in the New Testament cited in support of the [[Reformed Churches|Reformed]] [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[Protestantism|Protestant]] doctrine of [[Predestination|Predestinate Election, Limited Atonement and Irresistible Grace]], which is opposed to the doctrines of Protestant [[Arminianism]], [[Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]] and [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], which hold that the Bible teaches Unlimited Atonement, Free Will and Resistible Grace, that the unmerited gift of [[salvation]] through Christ alone is freely available to all, '''''and''''' that it is also conditional and provisional—"''IF...''". See especially [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1Timothy%202%3A4 1 Timothy 2:4]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Acts%2017%3A30 Acts 17:30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/2Peter%203%3A9 2 Peter 3:9].

:Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A17-18&version=RSVCE 2 Peter 3:17-18]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A23-31&version=RSVCE Hebrews 10:23-31], especially [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A35&version=RSVCE Hebrews 10:35]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A21-23&version=RSVCE Colossians 1:21-23]; and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A4-10&version=RSVCE John 15:4-10].

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As he was leaving, a man came running up to him, and kneeled before him, asking, "Good Teacher, what must I do that I may have eternal life?"

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'''<big><big>A</big></big>'''s they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, '''Lord'''.”

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

He said to another, “Follow me'''!'''”

But he said, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', allow me first to go and bury my father.”

But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”

Another also said, “I want to follow you, '''Lord''', but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

Now after these things, '''the Lord ''' also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he was about to come. He said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to '''the Lord ''' of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest. Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house. Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you. Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’ But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’ I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

“Woe to you, [http://bibleatlas.org/full/chorazin.htm Chorazin'''!'''] Woe to you, Bethsaida'''!''' For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

'''He said to them, “I saw that Satan had fallen like lightning from heaven.''' Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, '''Lord ''' of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see, for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, '''what shall I do to inherit [[eternal life]]'''?”

He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

He answered,

:“You shall love '''the Lord ''' your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

He said to him, “You have answered correctly. '''[[Salvation|Do this, and you will live]]'''.”

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus's feet, and heard his word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', do you not care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord,''' Teach us to pray, just as John also Taught his disciples.”

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ ”

“Which of you '''fathers''', if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? Or if he asks for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled. But some of them said, “He casts out demons by [[Satan#Beelzebul|Beelzebul]], the prince of the demons.”

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light. The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness. If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”

Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table. When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. '''The Lord ''' said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. You foolish ones, did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give for alms as gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you. But woe to you Pharisees'''!''' For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. Woe to you Pharisees'''!''' For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites'''!''' For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them do not know it.”

One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”

He said to his disciples, “Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens''':''' they do not sow, they do not reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds'''!''' Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? If then you are not able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow. They do not toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? Do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you. Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

“Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning. Be like men watching for their ~~lord~~'''Lord''', when he returns from the wedding feast; that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. Blessed are those servants, whom '''the ~~lord~~ Lord''' will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them. They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you do not expect him.”

Peter said to him, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”

'''The Lord ''' said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his ~~lord~~ '''Lord''' will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times? Blessed is that servant whom his ~~lord~~ '''Lord''' will find doing so when he comes. Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has. But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My ~~lord~~ '''Lord''' delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, then '''the ~~lord~~ Lord''' of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful. That [[Antinomianism|servant, who knew his ~~lord~~'s ''Lord'''’s will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted]], will be beaten with many stripes, but '''[[Invincible ignorance|he who did not know]], and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes.''' To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am before it is accomplished'''!''' Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way. Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’ He answered, ~~‘Lord~~‘'''Lord''', leave it alone this year also, while I dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’ ”

He was Teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”

He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God. The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day'''!'''”

Therefore '''the Lord ''' answered him, “You hypocrites'''!''' Does each one of you not free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water? Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom? It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, not stopping before it was all leavened.”

He went on his way through cities and villages''',''' Teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem. One said to him, ~~“Lord~~“'''Lord''', are they few who are saved?”

He said to them, “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, [[Eternal security (salvation)|~~‘Lord~~‘'''Lord, Lord, ''' open to us'''!'''’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I do not know you or where you come from.’]] Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you Taught in our streets.’ He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you [[Antinomianism|workers of iniquity]].’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God's Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside. They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God's Kingdom. Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”

On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”

He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.' Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her'''!''' How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused'''!''' Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me before you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the ~~Lord~~'''Lord!'''’ ”

When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him. Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them, “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him, and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your ~~brothers~~brethren, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the [[~~Resurrection~~Last Judgment|resurrection of the righteous]].”

When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom'''!'''”

But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people. He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’ They all as one began to make excuses.

“The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’ Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ That servant came, and told his '''lord ''' these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’ The servant said, ~~‘Lord~~‘'''Lord''', it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’ '''The lord ''' said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”

He departed from there and continued on his journey to Jerusalem. Great crowds of the people followed him.

Luke 9:57–10:16 Revelation 12:7-9 Luke 10:17–14:24 —LXX Baruch 4:37

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:Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12%3A7-10&version=KJV Revelation 12:7-10]

:Some commentators relate these two passages as pertaining to the same event because of the word spoken by Jesus here. The spiritual authority that the Lord Jesus Christ has given his representatives on earth, in his war against evil, has been joined by Michael the archangel and his angels in heaven, and Satan and his angels have been dislodged from their position of power during the mission of the disciples and apostles in their overthrow and casting out and subjugation of the demons. Compare Luke 4:5-6. See [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)#The woman clothed with the sun, and the dragon: Roman oppression and the birth of Christ|Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis): The woman clothed with the sun, and the dragon: Roman oppression and the birth of Christ]] Other commentators relate the passage in Revelation as having to do with the first test of the angels and the rebellion of Satan and his followers at the beginning of creation. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/12-7.htm commentaries on Revelation 12:7.] [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/12-9.htm commentaries on Revelation 12:9.] [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/10-18.htm commentaries on Luke 10:18] Compare Job 1:6-12; 2:1-6 and Isaiah 14:12-15.

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"''''what shall I <big>''do''</big> to inherit ''[[eternal life]]''?'...' "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." '...'[[Salvation|''Do'' this, and you will ''live'']]''''"

:Luke 10:25-28

:This appears to be a "gospel of works": "'''''<big>Do</big> this, and you will have eternal life'''''". Compare Romans 2:6-11; Matthew 25:31-46; James 2:18-26; 1 John 3:7, 17-18; Revelation 20:11-13; 22:12. [[Saint Paul]] explicitly states (KJV), "'''For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.'''" Ephesians 2:10. (Compare [http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-10.htm multiple versions of Ephesians 2:10.])

:The Bible also teaches infallibly that "without '''faith''' it is impossible to please him" (Hebrews 11:6), and that "This is the work of God, that ye '''believe''' on him whom he hath sent" (John 6:29), and that salvation is "'''Not of works''', lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). It is evident from a careful reading of the context of the whole of the New Testament that the Gospel of salvation in Christ Jesus includes the necessity of doing good works, which is pleasing to God, without which no man can be saved, therefore "''Do not neglect to do good and to share (communicate) what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God''" (Colossians 1:10; 3:20; 1 John 3:22; Hebrews 12:14; 13:16; Acts 4:12). "Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." "For he will render to every man according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality."

:The key to a proper understanding of Luke 10:25-28 as a "gospel of works" is to notice that the passage includes the words, "''You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.''" According to the Bible the way to love God is to do what pleases Him, and this includes faith and works, doing good, for "''Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only (not by faith alone)''" (James 2:24; see also Matthew 7:12, 19, 21; John 14:12-24; 1 John 2:3-6). Compare [[Eternal security (salvation)]] and [[Worship]].

"'''he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.'''"

:Luke 10:38.

:"'''a certain village'''"—not named. Probably not the village of Bethany close to Jerusalem.

:~~Some indications in the Gospel of Luke suggest that this particular village is in Samaria or southern Galilee ruled~~ A [[Prudence|prudent]] Bible student and biblical scholar not blinded by ~~Herod. Consider~~ the ~~chronological sequence~~ disabling "mindset" of [[confirmation bias]] and [[cognitive bias]] will allow the ~~following passages after Luke chapter 10 (''boldface emphases added'')~~text to be instructive.Most difficulties are resolved by a consideration of::*~~"He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling '''on to Jerusalem'''." Luke 13~~the text:~~22.~~*the context of the text:*~~"At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him,~~ [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|'~~Get away from~~ 'the literal sense of scripture''~~here''', for Herod wants to kill you." Luke 13:31. Compare Luke 23:6-7. Herod~~]] or the author's ~~jurisdiction was Galilee including Samaria, "''here''",~~ intent (what a Bible text does not ~~further south in Judea.~~say can be just as important as what it says):*"the exacting accuracy of Luke'~~''On~~ s research and his carefully precise arrangement of the ~~way to Jerusalem'''~~ chronological sequence of events, that he ~~was passing along '''between Samaria and Galilee'''."~~ made no careless mistake (Luke 171:~~11.~~1-4):*~~"And taking~~ and the ~~twelve, he said to them, 'Behold, we are '''going up to Jerusalem''', and everything that is written~~ Christian doctrine of the ~~Son~~ inerrant inspiration of ~~man by~~ God the ~~prophets will be accomplished." Luke 18~~Holy Spirit as the principle Divine Author of the scripture Who cannot lie (Titus 1:312).:*These considerations resolve the superficially apparent difficulties raised by the illusory perception of the "~~As he '''drew near to Jericho'''...He '''entered Jericho''' and was passing through.~~certain village" in Luke 1810:~~35 and 19:1~~38 as being identical to Bethany near Jerusalem. ~~The village of~~ They also disclose some very reasonable [~~http://bibleatlas.org/bethany.htm Bethany~~[Deductive reasoning|deductions] ~~is closer~~ ] about personal information or circumstances surrounding Martha and her family, as well as exposing the [[specious reasoning]] of some Bible commentators which leads them to ~~Jerusalem than~~ question the [~~http://bibleatlas.org/jericho.htm Jericho~~[truth]] of the Bible as a foundation for [[belief]].

:It Luke 9:51 in which Jesus has set his face to go to Jerusalem, is ~~known that some wealthier Jews owned more than one house, sometimes~~ followed by 9:52–10:37 in ~~different villages or cities. The house~~ the territory of ~~Martha here in~~ Samaria and Galilee. Luke 10:38 ~~may have been another than the~~ is during his journey when Martha receives Jesus into her house ~~in the village of Bethany (John 11:1)~~. ~~The assertion, advanced by many exegetes, ''~~This is followed by no means certain'', that this "certain house" is "undoubtedly, without doubt" the same house of Lazarus in Bethany near Jerusalem. [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/luke/10.htm Meyer] says that Jesus cannot yet be in Bethany (see Luke 13:22and 31, ~~Luke 17:11). According to [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/vws/luke/10.htm Vincent], Martha (not Lazarus) significantly "received"~~ which shows Jesus ~~under her roof (~~in Galilee in Herod'~~''ὑπεδέξατο''', ''from the words'' '''ὕπο''', under, ''and'' '''δέχομαι''', to receive)~~s jurisdiction. ~~It was '''she''' who received him under '''her''' roof. Martha is marked as~~ Indeed the ~~head~~ whole context of the ~~household. It was her house. In Bethany, by contrast, Lazarus appears as head~~ larger textual block of ~~the household. See John 11:1; 12:1-2. If the house of Martha in this "~~''~~certain village~~'~~'" in~~ Luke 109:~~38 is the~~ 51–19:34''~~same~~'~~' village identified in the Gospel of John as "''Bethany~~, ~~the village of Mary~~ and ~~her sister Martha'~~Jesus'word, "Behold, ~~then Jesus, "when the days drew near for him~~ we are going up to ~~be received up~~Jerusalem" (Luke 9:51) would afterward have departed with his disciples and traveled again north away from Jerusalem and back through the cities and villages of Samaria and into Galilee, before returning again south and traveling back with them toward Jerusalem in accordance with the account of his final journey in the Gospel of Luke. This is the conclusion of several commentators regarding what they interpret as an apparent discrepancy between [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/10-38.htm Luke 10:38] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/17-11.htm Luke 17:11]. After the Jews took up stones to stone him (John 1018:31), ~~"''He went away again '''across the Jordan'''~~ demonstrates to the ~~place where John at first baptized, '''and there he remained'''. And many came to him, and they said 'John did no sign, but everything~~ unbiased mind that ~~John said about~~ this ~~man was true.~~"certain village" ' ~~And many believed on him there.~~'cannot'"' ~~(John 10:40-42)~~ be Bethany in the province of Judea.

:~~John had at first baptized about 40 miles north~~ Some indications in the Gospel of ~~Jerusalem,~~ Luke suggest that this particular village is in ~~Aenon near Salim (John 3:23)~~southern Galilee ruled by Herod. ~~After a period~~ Consider the chronological sequence of ~~time, it is not impossible that Jesus, like Paul~~ the following passages after '''Luke chapter 10''' "he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house." (~~Acts 15:36~~''boldface emphases added'')~~, in this last and final preparatory phase of~~ .:*"He went on his ~~ministry~~way through cities and villages, "teaching, and traveling '''on ~~his journey~~ toJerusalem'' ~~[be received up~~ '." Luke '''13:22'''.:*"At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, 'Get away from '''here''', for Herod wants to kill you." Luke '''13:31'''. Compare Luke 23:6-7. Herod's jurisdiction was Galilee including Samaria, "''here''", not further south in] Judea.:*"'''On the way to Jerusalem''' he was passing along '''between Samaria and Galilee'''."Luke '''17:11'''.:*"And taking the twelve, ~~returned to visit every city where~~ he said to them, 'Behold, we are '''going up to Jerusalem''', and everything that is written of the ~~seventy others had proclaimed~~ Son of man by the ~~Gospel (~~prophets will be accomplished." Luke 10'''18:1)31'''. ~~This~~ :*"As he '''drew near to Jericho'''...He '''entered Jericho''' and was ~~his final planned itinerary~~passing through." Luke '''18:35''' and '''19:1'''. The village of [http://bibleatlas.org/bethany.htm Bethany] is closer to Jerusalem than [http://bibleatlas.org/jericho.htm Jericho].

:~~In either case, there~~ It is ~~no firm basis~~ known that some wealthier Jews owned more than one house, sometimes in ~~the text for asserting here any confusion~~ different villages or ~~contradiction as some suppose~~cities. The house of Martha here in Luke 10:38 most probably may have been another than the house in the village of Bethany (John 11:1). The ''assertion'', advanced by many exegetes, that this "certain house" is "undoubtedly, without doubt" the same house of Lazarus in Bethany near Jerusalem, ''is by no means certain''.

:~~This ''Harmony~~ Only an unsupportable [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]] reading of the ~~Gospel (Conservative Version)''~~ text assumes implicitly without question that the ~~historical~~ unnamed "certain village" of Luke 10:38 "must" be Bethany near Jerusalem, and ~~chronological sequence~~ that when Martha received Jesus "into her house" it was "unquestionably" the house of ~~each~~ Lazarus of ~~the four Gospels~~Bethany and his sisters Martha and Mary. This ~~parallel reading, side by side, of~~ divorces the ~~four Gospels together presents the winter feast~~ whole passage of ~~the Dedication in Jerusalem John~~ Luke 10:2238-42 ~~as occurring before~~ from the ~~events~~ context of '''Luke 9:51–19:28 ~~narrating Jesus~~' ~~final journey before being "taken up". In contrast, many commentaries place Luke 10:38~~'' 40-41 50 miles north in Galilee and ~~texts following as taking place before the winter feast~~ Samaria. This [[falsehood]] of ~~the Dedication in John 10:22~~rash [[Exegesis|exegetical]] judgment is a [[Fallacy of analogy|fallacy of comparison]], on which strikes directly at the ~~assumption~~ doctrine of [[biblical inerrancy]]. This creates unnecessary difficulties that ~~Martha received Jesus in the house~~ do not actually exist. ''Similarity of ~~Lazarus at Bethany, based solely on~~ narrative does not prove identity of event''. The moment the ~~implicit belief that no Jew could own more than one house~~ Bible-believing reader and biblical scholar and exegete accepts that the unnamed "~~her house" is,~~ ''~~and must therefore be~~certain village'', "~~undoubtedly" the~~ is not Bethany, that Lazarus and Martha and Mary were reasonably wealthy, and that Martha owned her own house with her sister Mary in Galilee 40 miles north of ~~Lazarus. This then presents~~ Bethany—the moment that these are accepted, the ~~difficulty of harmonizing~~ difficulties raised by some biblical scholars and ~~[[Redaction|redacting]] within the narrative of~~ commentaries regarding Luke ~~9–19 the winter feast of the Dedication in John~~ 10 ~~which immediately precedes the raising of Lazarus in John 11 and the entry of Jesus~~ :38-42 evaporate into ~~Jerusalem in John~~ nothingness. (See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+31%3A12-22&version=RSVCE Proverbs 31:12~~, which we remember and celebrate as~~ -22]. Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/8-3.htm Luke 8:3]; also [~~Palm Sunday~~http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/27-55.htm Matthew 27:55]~~] before [~~; [~~Easter]~~http://biblehub.com/commentaries/mark/15-41.htm Mark 15:41]. ~~The grammar~~ ) For a discussion of the ~~Greek text of John 10:42 and 11:1 presents a natural break in the text which easily allows insertion~~ reliability of Luke ~~9:51–19:28 before John 11:1, with~~ see the ~~raising of Lazarus redacted between~~ article [[Luke ~~19:28~~ and ~~19:29~~the Census]].

:[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/luke/10.htm Meyer] says that Jesus "cannot yet be in Bethany" (see Luke 13:22, Luke 17:11). His assertion that "this incident, which '''must''' have occurred in Bethany" (''boldface emphasis added'') shows that Meyer makes an unjustified and [[Ignorance|ignorant]] assumption that only one house is owned by Lazarus and Martha and Mary, and that Luke made an ignorant error in "transposing" this incident out of chronological sequence, in a glaringly obvious violation of the whole context of the geographical setting of his narrative ('''Luke 9:51–19:28''') and careless disregard of what almost all biblical scholars acknowledge is Luke's clearly demonstrated evident knowledge of the geography of Palestine, because "he was unacquainted with the detailed circumstances of the persons concerned". :Luke 1:1-4 states that Luke wrote strictly "in order"::—"having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee, '''in order''', most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightiest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou has been instructed" (''boldface emphasis added''). :He wrote "''in order, with method, in consecutive order, in sequence''"; also with "''precision, exactness, exactitude''". See [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/1-3.htm interlinear text of Luke 1:3]. "''In order''" here in Greek (Luke 1:3) is the adverb '''καθεξῆς''' ''kathexés'', from ''kata'' and ''hexes'', which means "''consecutively, successively, in order, in succession''." (It does not mean "''in order that you might know''" or "''for the purpose of demonstration that you might know''".) See [http://biblehub.com/greek/2517.htm Strong's number ''2517'' '''καθεξῆς''' ''kathexés''], and especially [http://biblehub.com/greek/199.htm number ''199'' '''ἀκριβῶς''' ''akribós'', "''with exactness, carefully, exactly, strictly, distinctly''."] :However, Meyer does not believe it. He dismisses Luke 1:1-4 and the Divine Author Who inspired the ''Gospel According to Luke'', for he asserts, "''it is to be supposed that Luke, because he was unacquainted with the more detailed circumstances of the persons concerned, transposed this incident.''" He assumes Luke is ignorant and confused about the facts, that his sources were unreliable, that he did not write "in sequential order", that in spite of "''exactness, carefully, exactly, strictly, distinctly''" examining all things by the eyewitnesses he made the careless mistake of transposing an "earlier" incident in Bethany near Jerusalem without noticing any inconsistency within the context of the setting of his narrative in Galilee and Samaria, and he tells his readers that this is "to be supposed" by them. :According to [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/vws/luke/10.htm Vincent], Martha (not Lazarus) significantly "received" Jesus under her roof ('''ὑπεδέξατο''', ''from the words'' '''ὕπο''', under, ''and'' '''δέχομαι''', to receive). It was '''she''' who received him under '''her''' roof. Martha is marked as the head of the household. It was her house. In Bethany, by contrast, Lazarus appears as head of the household. See John 11:1; 12:1-2. :Luke 9:51 says, "When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem". This cannot be his journey to Jerusalem for the feast of Dedication in winter, when the Jews tried to stone him, because he then left Jerusalem and "went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized" (John 10:22-40); ''he went away from Jerusalem'' into the wilderness of Judea and into all the region about Jordan and to Aenon near Salim in Galilee where Jesus with his disciples had also baptized in the beginning of his ministry (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:4-5; Luke 3:3; John 3:23), '''and there he remained'''. This verse Luke 9:51 "he set his face to go to Jerusalem" is followed by Luke 9:52–10:37, in which he travels through Samaritan territory (Luke 9:52) and into Galilee. If the house of Martha in this "''certain village''" in Luke '''10:38''' is the ''same'' village identified in the Gospel of John as "''Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha''" only about 10 miles east of Jerusalem, then Jesus, who had "set his face to go to Jerusalem" (Luke 9:51) would have already journeyed the 40 miles from Samaria through cities and villages (Luke 10:1) to Bethany, and then, after this visit of reception in the house of Martha and Mary, having "set his face to go to Jerusalem", he would have departed with his disciples from Bethany and traveled back again north 40-50 miles away from Jerusalem, having "set his face to go to Jerusalem", and through the cities and villages of Samaria and into Galilee again, Herod's jurisdiction (Luke '''13:22 and 31''')—having "set his face to go to Jerusalem"—before returning again south and traveling back with them again toward Jericho and Bethany and Jerusalem, in accordance with the account of his final journey in the Gospel of Luke. This is the conclusion of several commentators regarding what they interpret as an apparent discrepancy between [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/10-38.htm Luke 10:38] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/17-11.htm Luke 17:11], based on the identification of the "certain village" where Martha received him as being "undoubtedly" the village of Bethany, with the assumption that "her house" is the house of Lazarus. :Look again. In John 10:22-42, when "''It was winter''", after the Jews took up stones to stone him (John 10:31), "''He went away again '''across the Jordan''' to the place where John at first baptized, '''and there he remained'''. And many came to him, and they said 'John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.' And many believed on him there.''"' (John 10:40-42) But this was in the winter, '''''before''''' "the days drew near for him to be received up", '''''before''''' "he set his face to go to Jerusalem" (Luke 9:51), '''''before''''' the season of [[Passover]] at the beginning of spring. John had at first baptized about 40 miles north of Jerusalem, in Aenon near Salim (John 3:23). After a period of time, as spring approached, it is not impossible that Jesus, like Paul after him (Acts 15:36), in this last and final preparatory phase of his ministry, "''on his journey to'' [be received up in] ''Jerusalem''", beginning in the north from "where he remained" (following the attempt to stone him at the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem), "when the days drew near for him to be received up" during the spring festival of Passover, he now journeyed south to visit every community, where he and the seventy others proclaimed the Gospel in every town and place where he planned to come (Luke 10:1). This was his final planned itinerary, during which "he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house." (Luke 10:38, followed by 10:39–13:31 which shows him 40-45 miles north of Bethany, in Galilee, in Herod's jurisdiction, and from there journeying on south "up to Jerusalem".) :This ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' assumes the historical and chronological sequence of each of the four Gospels and that nothing in them is placed out of sequence. This parallel reading, side by side, of the four Gospels together presents the winter feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem John 10:22-42 as occurring before the events of Luke 9:51–19:28 narrating Jesus' final journey before being "taken up". In contrast, many commentaries place Luke 10:38-41 and texts following as taking place before the winter feast of the Dedication in John 10:22, on the assumption that Martha received Jesus in the house of Lazarus at Bethany, based solely on the implicit belief that no Jew could own more than one house and that "her house" is, ''and must therefore be'', "undoubtedly" the house of Lazarus. This then presents the unnecessary difficulty of harmonizing and [[Redaction|redacting]] within the narrative of Luke 9–19 the winter feast of the Dedication in John 10 which immediately precedes the raising of Lazarus in John 11 and the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in John 12, which we remember and celebrate as [[Palm Sunday]] before [[Resurrection Sunday|Easter]]. The grammar of the Greek text of John 10:42 and 11:1 presents a natural break in the text which easily allows insertion of Luke 9:51–19:28 before John 11:1, with the raising of Lazarus of Bethany redacted between Luke 19:28 and 19:29. :In either case, there is no firm basis in the text for asserting here any confusion or contradiction as some suppose. :Most interpreters in the 18th through 21st century assume that the statement that "he set his face to go to Jerusalem" clearly indicates the meaning of "a journey to a destination which does not deviate from a direct route", and not a slow, roundabout , non-linear, indirect, very gradual, leisurely, final farewell tour—because he had "''set his face toward Jerusalem''". This appears to be the cause of their speculation that Luke was "confused by conflicting accounts " of the events related to him. However, according to a conservative Christian assessment of the veracity of the scriptures, the apostles and evangelists writing in retrospect after his passion and resurrection are more fully aware of Jesus' final resolve, that this roundabout tour before Passover is in fact his final journey toward Jerusalem, and they explicitly say so. The doctrine of the inerrant inspiration of the Holy Spirit Himself, of God as the primary Author of scripture infallibly guiding the evangelists to include only those things and expressions of speech which He desired and nothing more, rejects as unacceptable any "confusion" on the part of the Gospel writer, implying as it does accepting "confusion" on the part of God.(This is nothing less than the [[wishful thinking]] of being so willing to take speciously apparent error in the Bible as an unexamined pretext for rejecting its authority and the authority of the very Church which defends its divine inspiration as truth.)

:See [https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-exorcism/ '''Jewish Exorcism''', by Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis (myjewishlearning.com)]

"'''if I by God’s ''finger'' cast out demons'''"

:Luke 11:20

:A direct [[allusion]] to Exodus 8:19 "Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This ''is'' the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said."

“''''Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!' But he said, 'Yes, even more, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.''''”

:Luke 11:27-28. Luke 11:27-28 is the first direct fulfillment of the "[[Magnificat]]" [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A45-55&version=RSVCE (Luke 1:45-55) "all generations shall call me blessed."]

:Compare Luke 14:15-24, "Blessed is he who will feast in God's kingdom."

:WEB Luke 11:28 reads, "On the '''''contrary''''', blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

:The reading of Luke 11:28 here in this ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' is based on the Greek Μενοῦν ''Menoun'' "Yes, rather...Yes, even more", the same as the KJV "Yea rather", which is an expressed ''agreement'' with the other speaker's wordsand sentiment, but with a correction of the speaker's understanding, as a teaching moment. ~~ ~~ :According to the [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/egt/luke/11.htm Expositor's Greek Testament Luke 11(28)], the Greek '''μενοῦν''' might be confirmatory (''utique'') or corrective (''imo vero''), or a little of both. The KJV reading "Yea rather" includes both. Those who oppose as [[idolatry]] Catholic and Orthodox doctrines regarding the blessedness of Mary prefer to read Luke 11:28 as absolutely excluding the confirmatory ''utque'' sense and strictly only according to the corrective ''imo vero'' sense: ::"'''No''', rather blessed are those—'''Nay''', rather blessed are those—'''On the contrary''', blessed are those". :The KJV and Douay-Rheims Bibles, indeed the majority of Bible translations, accord instead with the confirmatory ''utque'' reading, which is both lovingly confirmatory and corrective: ::"'''Yea''' rather...'''Yes''' rather...'''Truly,''' rather...'''Indeed!''' Rather...".:[http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/11-28.htm interlinear text of Luke 11:28] [http://biblehub.com/multi/luke/11-28.htm multiple versions of Luke 11:28] [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/11-28.htm multiple commentaries on Luke 11:28] :The WEB reading, as with many others, when used as a "proof text" against her, absolutely denies that Mary is blessed. The WEB reading, "On the '''''contrary'''''...", as taken at face value as the sole possible meaning of the Greek text, ''absolutely'', denies that his mother hears the word of God and keeps it in any way. Jesus is represented as rejecting his mother as an unbeliever, a sinner, not one of those who hear the word of God, and keep it. This absolute negation, as any competent Greek scholar can testify, is a contradiction of the plain and simple meaning of Μενοῦν within the context of the narrative, used as an [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]], contradicting, absolute "proof text" against Mary, which opposes the [[Semantics|semantically]] affirmative statement of Christ—as well as opposing the informed reading of those established biblical scholars and exegetes who see '''μενοῦν''' ''menoun'' as confirmative (''utque'') "Yea, yes", not corrective (''imo vero''). Believers in the King James Bible agree with the confirmative: "Yea rather, blessed ''are'' they that hear the world of God, and keep it" Luke 11:28 KJV; "And blessed is she that believed...." Luke 1:45 KJV. The "certain woman out of the multitude [who] lifted up her voice" is correct about Mary the mother of Jesus, and is herself now blessed by being given even greater understanding about his mother. His mother is indeed blessed to have such a son, yes, but rather even more blessed for hearing the word of God and observantly and obediently keeping it (as the Bible testifies about her). :See Conservapedia articles, "'''[[Mary (mother of Jesus)]]'''" and "'''[[Theotokos]]'''". Many New Testament texts firmly establish the fact that far above and beyond any natural, physical relationship Mary herself is truly "''blessed''" and the true "''mother''" of Jesus because she heard the word of God and kept it ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%3A50&version=KJV Matthew 12:50]). See KJV [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A26-30&version=KJV Luke 1:26-30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A46-48&version=KJV 1:46-48]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A19&version=KJV 2:19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A51&version=KJV 2:51]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A5&version=KJV John 2:5]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A12&version=KJV 2:12]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19%3A25-27&version=KJV 19:25-27]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A14&version=KJV Acts 1:14]. :"Blessed are ye, when ''men'' shall revile you, and persecute ''you'', and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great ''is '' your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A11-12&version=KJV Matthew 5:11-12] See [[Calumny]], [[Slander]], [[Self-deception]] and [[Wishful thinking]]. :[[Apologetics|Apologists]] and [[Polemic]]ists say: This both the Jews and heathen did with respect to the first Christians, and this the Evangelicals and Fundamentalists have done with respect to "the Papists", and this the "Papists" have done with respect to the Protestants, and this the Protestants have done with respect to the Orthodox, and this the Orthodox have done with respect to the Catholics and the Protestants, and this men and women have done with respect to the name of Mary. This settles nothing. Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+6%3A3-5&version=RSVCE 1 Timothy 6:3-5] See multiple commentaries on [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/5-11.htm Matthew 5:11] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/5-12.htm Matthew 5:12].::"If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more ''shall they call'' them of his household?" Matthew 10:25b. (Matthew 9:34; 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:33-35; John 7:12; 8:48-49; 10:20, 31-37.) "I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonor me." John 8:49. "Honour thy father and thy mother" Exodus 20:12. "Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!" John 19:27a. [https://www.openbible.info/topics/those_who_honor_me_i_will_honor 100 Bible Verses about Those Who Honor Me I Will Honor (openbible.info)] ''See'' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+30%3A11-17&version=RSVCE Proverbs 30:11-17] ''with'' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+7%3A10&version=RSVCE Mark 7:10].

:~~The WEB reading, as with many others, absolutely denies that Mary is blessed. The WEB reading, "On~~ :Compare the following texts: [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+12%3A3&version=RSVCE '''Genesis 12:3''~~contrary~~']; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35&version=RSVCE '''Luke 1:35'''], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A48-50&version=RSVCE '''1:48-50''']; [https://www.~~", as taken at face value, denies that his mother hears the word of God and keeps it in any way~~biblegateway. ~~This, as any competent Greek scholar can testify, is a contradiction of the plain and simple meaning of Μενοῦν, a contradiction which opposes the~~ com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A30&version=RSVCE '''Romans 8:30''']; [~~[Semantics|semantically~~https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12&version=RSVCE '''Revelation 12''']; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+45%3A10-17&version=RSVCE '''Psalm 45:10-17'''] ~~affirmative statement of Christ~~; [https://www. ~~She is indeed blessed to have such a son, but rather even more blessed for hearing the word of God and observantly and obediently keeping it (as the Bible testifies about her)~~biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+54%3A5&version=RSVCE '''Isaiah 54:5'''].

:~~See Conservapedia article~~:"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil" [https://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-20.htm '''~~[[Mary (mother of Jesus)]]~~Isaiah 5:20'''". ] ~~Many New Testament texts firmly establish the fact that far above and beyond any natural~~"O generation of vipers, ~~physical relationship Mary herself is truly~~ how can you who are evil say anything good?"~~''blessed''" and the true "''mother''" of Jesus because she heard the word of God and kept it (~~ [https://~~www.biblegateway~~biblehub.com/~~passage~~matthew/~~?search=Matthew+~~12~~%3A50&version=KJV~~ -34.htm '''Matthew 12:5034''', and parallel passages]) "To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted. ~~See KJV~~ " [~~https~~http://~~www.biblegateway~~biblehub.com/~~passage~~titus/~~?search=Luke+~~1~~%3A26~~-~~30&version=KJV Luke~~ 15.htm '''Titus 1:~~26-30~~15''']; and [~~https~~http://~~www.biblegateway~~biblehub.com/~~passage~~commentaries/titus/~~?search=Luke+~~1~~%3A46~~-~~48&version=KJV 1:46-48]; [https://www~~15.~~biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A19&version=KJV 2:19~~htm commentaries]~~; [https://www~~.~~biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A51&version=KJV 2:51];~~ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=~~John~~Matthew+26%~~3A5~~3A22-23&version=KJV ~~John 2~~'''Matthew 6:522-23''']; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=~~John~~Matthew+~~2%3A12&version=KJV 2:~~12~~]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19~~%~~3A25~~3A33-2737&version=KJV 19'''Matthew 12:2533-2737''']; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=~~Acts~~Luke+17%~~3A14~~3A35&version=KJV ~~Acts 1~~'''Luke 7:1435'''].

:Many (not all) Protestant [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/11-27.htm commentaries on Luke 11:27] rank the mother of Jesus along with John the Baptist as being lower than "''the least in the Kingdom of Heaven''" (~~[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3%3A11-11&version=RSVCE Matthew 11:11],~~ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7%3A28&version=RSVCE Luke 7:28]), and some even damn both of them as vile, rotten, wicked sinners, enemies of God on the basis of [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+3%3A10-18&version=KJV Romans 3:10-18] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+3%3A23&version=KJV and 23]. (Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2Romans+~~Peter+3~~8%~~3A15~~3A28-1730&version=RSVCE ~~2 Peter 3~~'''Romans 8:1528-1730'''] ~~and~~ ; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=~~Romans~~Revelation+812%~~3A28-30~~3A1&version=RSVCE ~~Romans 8~~'''Revelation 12:~~28-30~~1'''] —''together with '' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=~~Revelation~~2+12Peter+3%~~3A1~~3A15-17&version=RSVCE ~~Revelation 12~~'''2 Peter 3:15-17'''] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+1%3A16&version=RSVCE '''Titus 1:16'''] ''as a warning against [[blasphemy]]''.)

:*[http://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/sacred_heart.htm '''Sacred Immaculate Heart of Satan!''' by David J. Stewart. He says, "'''''Mary was a Dirty-Rotten Sinner!...Mary was nothing more than a Hell-deserving sinner...'''''" (jesus-is-savior.com)]

:*[http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/mary-was-a-sinner.htm '''When Mary Sinned And Became An Unbeliever''', by Dan Corner (evangelicaloutreach.org)]

:*[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/general/mary.htm '''The Protestant Reformers on Mary''' (catholicapologetics.info)] ''This article contains verifiable, cited and referenced, documented opinions of the Reformers which are completely unexpected and surprising to many Evangelicals and Fundamentalists''.

:The above articles neglect to mention the Bible doctrine that there are and have been [[holy ]] people and blameless who have been preserved in holiness:

::[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+19%3A6&version=RSVCE Exodus 19:6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+22%3A31&version=RSVCE 22:31] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Levitcus+6%3A18&version=RSVCE Leviticus 6:18], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Levitcus+6%3A27&version=RSVCE 27]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Levitcus+11%3A44-45&version=RSVCE 11:44-45]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Levitcus+19%3A2&version=RSVCE 19:2]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Levitcus+20%3A7&version=RSVCE 20:7], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Levitcus+20%3A26&version=RSVCE 26]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Levitcus+21%3A6-8&version=RSVCE 21:6-8] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+6%3A5&version=RSVCE Numbers 6:5], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+6%3A8&version=RSVCE 8]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+16%3A3&version=RSVCE 16:3], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+16%3A5&version=RSVCE 5], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+16%3A7&version=RSVCE 7] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+7%3A6&version=RSVCE Deuteronomy 7:6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+14%3A2&version=RSVCE 14:2], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+14%3A21&version=RSVCE 21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+26%3A19&version=RSVCE 26:19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+28%3A9&version=RSVCE 28:9] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+4%3A9&version=RSVCE 2 Kings 4:9] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Chronicles+31%3A18&version=RSVCE 2 Chronicles 31:18] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+8%3A28&version=RSVCE Ezra 8:28]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+9%3A2&version=RSVCE 9:2] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+18%3A25-26&version=RSVCE Psalms 18:25-26]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+29%3A2&version=RSVCE 29:2]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+31%3A23&version=RSVCE 31:23]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+86%3A2&version=KJV 86:2 (KJV)]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+89%3A19&version=KJV 89:19 (KJV)]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+96%3A9&version=RSVCE 96:9]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+97%3A10&version=RSVCE 97:10] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+2%3A8&version=RSVCE Proverbs 2:8] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+6%3A13&version=RSVCE Isaiah 6:13]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+62%3A12&version=RSVCE 62:12]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+63%3A18&version=RSVCE 63:18] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+2%3A3&version=RSVCE Jeremiah 2:3] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Obadiah+1%3A17&version=RSVCE Obadiah 17] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+14%3A20-21&version=RSVCE Zechariah 14:20-21] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi+1%3A11&version=RSVCE Malachi 1:11] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A8&version=RSVCE Matthew 5:8] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A20&version=RSVCE Mark 6:20] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A6&version=RSVCE Luke 1:6], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A70&version=RSVCE 70] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+3%3A21&version=RSVCE Acts 3:21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A15&version=RSVCE 10:15] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A29-30&version=RSVCE Romans 8:29-30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A1&version=RSVCE 12:1] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+3%3A17&version=RSVCE 1 Corinthians 3:17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+7%3A14&version=RSVCE 7:14], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+7%3A34&version=RSVCE 34] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A4&version=RSVCE Ephesians 1:4]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3%3A5&version=RSVCE 3:5] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A22&version=RSVCE Colossians 1:22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+3%3A12&version=RSVCE 3:12] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Thessalonians+5%3A23&version=RSVCE 1 Thessalonians 5:23], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Thessalonians+5%3A26-27&version=RSVCE 26-27] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+2%3A8&version=RSVCE 1 Timothy 2:8] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+1%3A8&version=RSVCE Titus 1:8] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+3%3A1&version=RSVCE Hebrews 3:1] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1%3A15-16&version=RSVCE 1 Peter 1:15-16], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1%3A22&version=RSVCE 22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2%3A4-5&version=RSVCE 2:4-5], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2%3A9&version=RSVCE 9]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+3%3A5&version=RSVCE 3:5] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+2%3A21&version=RSVCE 2 Peter 1:21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A2&version=RSVCE 3:2] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+18%3A20&version=RSVCE Revelation 18:20]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+20%3A6&version=RSVCE 20:6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A6&version=RSVCE 22:6], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A11&version=RSVCE 11]

:On the basis of these texts and the doctrine of the [[Ecumenical council]]s that Jesus is God the Son and remains God Incarnate from the moment of his conception in the womb of Mary his true mother, the Person of Jesus is by that fact according to nature henceforth and always her own Son. He who exists before her, by entering her womb and becoming incarnate (John 1:14), causes her to be ''[[ipso facto]]'' "by that fact" His own mother. This is a unique privilege bestowed on no other human being. On the basis of these texts and the doctrine of the Ecumenical councils, Orthodox, Catholics, Anglicans and Lutherans say without hesitation, "Holy Mary mother of God". The Protestant Reformers, Luther, Calvin and Zwingli did not hesitate to use such language in speaking of Mary the mother of Jesus (''see article'' [http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/general/mary.htm "'''Protestant Reformers on Mary'''"]).

:(Read the article [http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/islam/vislam.htm '''The Quran vs The Bible''' (catholicapologetics.info)]

:~~The~~ In theological and biblical commentaries discussing the question of the relative dignity and sinfulness or sinlessness of Mary the mother of Jesus, the text of Mark 3:20-21 has been variously interpreted as either referring to Jesus' "family" , or to Jesus' "friends, neighbors". The Greek text does not directly support the reading "family", since the word for family '''πατριά''' ''patria'' is not used in ~~this~~ that episode, but instead the word for "friends, neighbors, associates, those close by him, belonging to him"——Greek '''παρ’''' ''par’ , para''.~~ ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 3.21 καὶ ἀκούσαντες~~ An [[Exegesis|exegetical]] reading of the Greek "para" as strongly suggestive of "relatives" (those close to him, ~~οἱ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ~~ by him) is problematical, and at best inconclusive, probably based on an interpretive indirect allusive link to John 7:5 "''~~kai akousantes , hoi par’ autou~~For neither did his brethren believe in him.'' ~~ ~~ "~~And having heard [~~(KJV). The text does '''''not''''' say, "hearing of it] , ~~those belonging~~ ''his mother and his brethren'' went out to ~~Him~~seize him, for they said, 'He is beside himself'" —Mark does not say this.

:~~The Greek '''οἱ παρ’''' ''hoi par’'' (''para'') KJV "friends", Strong's numbers ''3588'' '''ό''' ''ho'', '''ή''' ''he'', '''τό''' ''~~In stark contrast to'' (an article, "the", "this", etc.), ''3844'' '''παρα''' ''para'' "''near, from beside, at'' (or ''in'') the ''vicinity'' of, ''proximity'' to, ''proximity'' with, a word suggesting "friends, acquaintances, neighbors". The word for "family" '''πατριά''' ''patria'', blood relatives, parents, siblings, is not in this text, [http://biblehub.com/greek/3965.htm Strong's number ''3965'' '''πατριά''' ''patria''] (see [http://biblehub.com/multi/ephesians/3-15.htm Ephesians 3:15]). Compare [http://biblehub.com/multi/mark/3-21.htm multiple versions of Mark 3:21~~]. Those who see the meaning of "family" in this text of Mark 3~~, John 2:~~21 read it as certain and unequivocal evidence that Mary as~~ 12 does have the ~~most intimate family member sinned by ceasing to believe in her son, by joining together with those of his relatives who said~~Jewish expressive phrase, "~~He is beside himself" (KJV, RSVCE), "He has gone out of~~ his ~~mind" (NRSV), "He is out of~~ mother and his ~~mind" (REB, NAB, NJB). However, the word for "family, relatives~~brethren" — ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ [αὐτοῦ] ''~~patria~~hē mētēr autou kai hoi adelphoi autou'' ~~is not found in any extant text~~ "the mother of ~~Mark 3:20-21. The fact that ''para''~~ Him and ~~''patria'' are not synonyms makes~~ the ~~interpretive reading~~ brethren of Him"~~family, relatives" in Mark 3:21 a [[falsehood]]~~. ~~The KJV~~ Significantly, ~~the Douay-Rheims, and RSVCE versions say, "friends". Compare a further, more inclusive [http://biblehub.com/mark/3-21.htm listing of multiple parallel readings of~~ Mark 3:21]does not use this Semitic construction for family.

:~~Those who see instead the more literal meanings of "friends, neighbors-close-to-him, acquaintances, hometown associates" do~~ Mark 3:21 does not ~~read here any evidence that Mary was among the group that came to~~ say '''οἱ πατριά''' ''hoi patria'' "~~take charge of him", since~~ the ~~word "~~family" ~~is not [[synonymous]] with "friends, acquaintances, neighbors", and they see no evidence in this text that Mary sinned~~. ~~Even in English, "friends, neighbors" has~~ Mark 3:21 does not ~~the same meaning as the blood relatives and members of the~~ say '''ἴδια''' ''idia'' "~~family~~own"~~. On the basis of Greek vocabulary and grammar, and the Reformation principle of~~ —'''οἱ ἴδια αὐτοῦ''~~[[sola scriptura]]~~'' ~~(the biblical text)~~'hoi idia autou'' "those own his", ~~and the high opinion of Mary presented by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli, taking all of this together, the interpretive reading of Mark 3:21 as~~ "~~family" is an [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]] reading and a distortion~~ those of ~~the text unjustifiably adduced in support of a [~~his own [~~polemic~~people]~~]al argument against the Catholic and Orthodox doctrine of the sinlessness of Mary the mother of Jesus~~". ~~The fact that the text of~~ And Mark 3:~~20-~~21 does not ~~explicitly include Mary or actually~~ say '''ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ''' ''hē mētēr autou kai hoi adelphoi autou'' "~~family" is significant. Those other passages, often read by many as parallel in meaning, Mark 3:31-35, Matthew 12:46-50, Luke 8:19-21, say nothing~~ the mother of Him and the ~~saying~~brethren of Him", "~~He is out of~~ his ~~mind, He is beside himself~~mother and his brethren"!.

:~~The contrasting difference in interpretive readings~~ See the [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/mark/3-21.htm interlinear Greek text of Mark 3:21 ~~is an example of how particular interpretive doctrines and [[confirmation bias~~]~~] can strongly influence particular translators and biblical translation committees~~ ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 3. ~~It is better to adjust our understanding to the scriptures~~21 καὶ ἀκούσαντες , ~~than~~ οἱ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ''kai akousantes , hoi par’ autou'' "And having heard [of it] , those belonging to ~~adjust the scriptures to our understanding.~~Him"

:The Greek '''οἱ παρ’''' ''hoi par’'' (''hoi para'') is a phrase suggesting "his friends, his acquaintances, his neighbors", KJV "his friends"—Strong's numbers ''3588'' '''ό''' ''ho'', '''ή''' ''he'', '''τό''' ''to'' (an article, "the", "this", etc.), ''3844'' '''παρα''' ''para'' "''near, from beside, at'' (or ''in'') the ''vicinity'' of, ''proximity'' to, ''proximity'' with. :The word for "family" '''πατριά''' ''patria'', blood relatives, parents, siblings, '''is not in this text'''—[http://biblehub.com/greek/3965.htm Strong's number ''3965'' '''πατριά''' ''patria''] (see [http://biblehub.com/multi/ephesians/3-15.htm Ephesians 3:15]). :Also, likewise, the word for "his '''own''' people" '''ἴδια''' ''idia'' "own" '''is not found''' in Mark 3:21—[http://biblehub.com/greek/2398.htm Strong's number ''2398'' '''ἴδιος''' ''idios'' "own"], ''one's own, distinct, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property''. :Neither of these expressions is found in Mark 3:21—neither '''οἱ πατριά αὐτοῦ''' ''hoi patria autou'' "his family", nor '''οἱ ἴδια αὐτοῦ''' ''hoi idia autou'' "his own [people]". Compare the extant Greek texts of the [http://biblehub.com/multi/mark/3-21.htm multiple versions of Mark 3:21]—which says instead, '''οἱ παρ’ αὐτοῦ''' "the friends of him", "the people near him". ::'''And having heard-of it, the ones from Him went-forth to take-hold-of Him. For they were saying that “He lost-His-senses”.''' ([http://literalnewtestament.com/wp-content/uploads/DLNT.pdf ''Disciples Literal New Testament'' (literalnewtestament.com)]) :Those who [[Eisegesis|''eisegetically'']] see in this text of Mark 3:21 the meaning of "his family, his own people"—'''οἱ πατριά αὐτοῦ''' ''hoi patria autou'' "his family", '''οἱ ἴδια αὐτοῦ''' ''hoi idia autou'' "his own"—reading into it what it does not say—read it as if it is certain and unequivocal evidence that Mary, as the most intimate "family" member, sinned by ceasing to believe in her son, by joining together with those of "his own relatives" who said, "He is beside himself" (KJV, RSVCE)—"He has gone out of his mind" (NRSV)—"He is out of his mind" (REB, NAB, NJB, NIV, ESV)—"He has lost His senses" (NASB). However, the word for "family, relatives" ''patria'' is not found in any extant text of Mark 3:20-21. Neither is the word for "his own people", ''idia, idios'', found in any extant text of Mark 3:20-21. The fact that ''para'' and ''patria'' are not close [[synonym]]s makes the interpretive reading of "family, relatives" in Mark 3:21 a [[falsehood]]. The fact that ''para'' and ''idios'' are also not close synonyms makes the interpretive reading of "his own people" in Mark 3:21 also a falsehood. The KJV, the Douay-Rheims, and RSVCE versions say, "friends", not "family"—"friends", not "his own". Those Bible translations which say in Mark 3:21 "his family" or "his relatives" are false. This is one of several "key verses" which immediately tells the informed reader if a certain Bible version is wrong. Compare a further, more extensive [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%203%3A21 listing of multiple parallel readings of Mark 3:21 (biblegateway.com)]. Several of them on the basis of the evidence of the Greek text shown here demonstrate that they are false readings, and therefore that those Bible versions cannot be trusted. See also the versions listed on the USCCB Catholic site [http://usccb.org/bible/approved-translations/ "Approved Translations of the Bible—USCCB Approved Translations of the Sacred Scriptures for Private Use and Study by Catholics" (usccb.org)]. Some (not all) of the Catholic approved versions are also false regarding Mark 3:21 in reading '''οἱ παρ’ αὐτοῦ''' as "his family" instead of "his friends, his neighbors". Other Catholic Bibles such as the RSVCE ''Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition'' of Mark 3:21 do read "his friends", as does the older ''Douay-Rheims Bible'' translated from the [[Vulgate]]. The KJV, which does read "his friends" here, is not approved for Catholics (but not forbidden) because of its [[Church of England|Anglican]] anti-Catholic doctrinal readings of some other texts (for example reading the doctrinally significant Greek '''<big>ἢ</big>''' ("''or''")" as "'''and'''" (καί) in [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1Corinthians%2011%3A27 1 Corinthians 11:27] instead of '''<big>ἢ</big> "or"''' according to the [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/1_corinthians/11-27.htm Greek text] which supports the doctrine that the cup of communion is the body and blood of the Lord whole and entire and the bread is the body and blood of the Lord whole and entire, instead of the cup as only the blood of the Lord and the bread as only the body of the Lord—see [[Transubstantiation]]), ''also'' the difference in [[Biblical Canon]]. The editors of the King James Version were specifically instructed by King James I of England (whose wife was Catholic) to make sure that the translation was in harmony with the theology of the Church of England, to do away with "Catholic readings". See [https://serene-musings.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-king-james-version-of-bible-is.html "Why The King James Version of the Bible is an Inferior English Translation", by B. Scott Christmas - Serene Musings (serene-musings.blogspot.com)]—compare also the article [[Badger skins (Bible)]], and the more general critique of Isaac H. Hall, [http://www.bible-researcher.com/kjvdefects.html ''The Revised New Testament and History of Revision'' (1881) "Defects of the King James Version"].:*[[Disputed Biblical Translations]]:*[[Essay: The superiority of the King James Bible: Looking through!]] :Those who see instead the more literal meanings of the Greek '''παρ’''' ''par’ , para'', "friends", "neighbors-close-to-him", "acquaintances", "hometown associates", do not read here in the vocabulary and grammar of the Greek text any evidence that Mary was among the group that came to "take charge of him", since the word "family" is not [[synonym]]ous with "friends, acquaintances, neighbors", and they see no evidence in this text that Mary sinned. Even in English, "friends, neighbors" has not the same meaning as the blood relatives and members of the "family" ''patria'', or "own" para, "one's own people". :On the basis of Greek vocabulary and grammar, and the Reformation principle of ''[[sola scriptura]]'' (the biblical text), and the high opinion of Mary presented by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli, taking all of this together, the interpretive reading of Mark 3:21 as "family" is an [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]] reading and a distortion of the text unjustifiably adduced as a proof text (one among many) in support of a [[polemic]]al argument against the Catholic and Orthodox doctrine of the sinlessness of Mary the mother of Jesus. The fact that the text of Mark 3:20-21 does not explicitly include Mary or actually say "family" is significant. Those other passages, often read by many as parallel in meaning, ::Mark 3:31-35, Matthew 12:46-50, Luke 8:19-21, :say nothing of the saying, "He is out of his mind, He is beside himself, He has lost His senses"'''!''' Add to this textual evidence the fact that John 7:5 "For even His own brethren did not believe in Him" does not mention his mother. No text of the Bible states that Mary did not believe in her Son. :The contrasting difference in interpretive readings of Mark 3:21 is an example of how particular interpretive doctrines and [[confirmation bias]] can strongly influence particular translators and biblical translation committees. It is better to adjust our understanding to the scriptures, than to adjust the scriptures to our understanding. This is ''especially'' true when a particular [[polemic]]al doctrine (''that Mary said, "He is out of his mind"'') is found to be a "tradition of men" not supported by scripture, as in this case. :Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/mark/3-21.htm multiple commentaries on Mark 3:21]. They even differ on their interpretations of the exact identity of those who actually came to take charge of Jesus, saying, "He is out of his mind". Some of them even contradict themselves within the same sentence'''!''' See also the earlier marginal note in this [[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) longer form Chapters 8-14#Fourteen|''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'', Chapter Fourteen—''scroll down to the eighth marginal note'' '''He is out of his mind''' Mark 3:21]].

:Abuse and misuse of the Bible has produced contradicting abominations all based on literalist ''proof readings'' of the text ("The Bible says so!"), such as the following scriptures put forth with perverse Satanic reasoning (similar to the Satanic "proof texting" in Matthew 4:6-7; Luke 4:9-12):

:*Romans 3:10-18 says, "There is NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE"—it says "NONE, NO NOT ONE", it does '''''not''''' say "''except Jesus''". Therefore Jesus is not righteous. Compare [https://biblehub.com/titus/1-16.htm multiple versions of Titus 1:16]

:*Romans 3:23 says, "ALL have sinned"—it says "ALL", it does '''''not''''' say, "All, ''except Jesus''." Paul makes no such exception here. Therefore Jesus has sinned. So Jesus and Mary, by this reasoning, are both sinful and unrighteous abominations, "they are all abominable", before ~~God—the~~ God, because sin is an abomination, and all have sinned—the Bible says so. See [http://richardwaynegarganta.com/abomination.htm '''What are abominations according to the Bible?''' (richardwaynegarganta.com)] "''It is abundantly clear from scripture that ALL SIN is considered an abomination by God. While one can debate degrees of seriousness and punishment for sin, it is clear that, according to the Bible, ALL sin is an abomination!''"

:*The Bible says NO ONE born of woman can be clean or righteous—Job 15:14; 25:4-6; Psalm 49:7-9; Ecclesiastes 3:16, 19—these Bible passages make '''''no exception'''''. Jesus and Mary were both born of woman. Therefore neither Jesus nor Mary can be clean or righteous—the Bible says so.

:''This is [[blasphemy]]!''

:The fact that the Bible contradicts these [[Cafeteria Christianity#Proof texts|'''proof texts''']], by opposing scripture passages that say unequivocally that Jesus is righteous and "knew no sin" (never sinned), is taken by those who twist the scriptures to their own destruction as ''[[proof]]'' that the Bible contradicts itself, and cannot be trusted ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+1%3A19-21&version=RSVCE 2 Peter 1:19-21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A15-17&version=RSVCE 3:15-17]). They deny that anyone has authority to reject their arguments by any reasoning from scripture alone. (See [[Paradox]], [[Specious reasoning]], [[Casuistry]], and [[Sophistry]].)

:It is true that no text of the Bible states that Mary did not believe in her Son. But in reasoning ''sola scriptura'' from the Bible alone, [[Logical fallacy#Argument from silence|"absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"]]. Consider the "proof text" that the priest [[Melchizedek]] had no father or mother and never died. The Bible says of Melchizedek in [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+7%3A3&version=KJV Hebrews 7:3] that "He is without father or mother or genealogy, and has neither beginning of days '''nor end of life''', but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest for ever" (RSVCE)—see [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/7-3.htm commentaries on Hebrews 7:3]. The fact that the Bible does not ''explicitly'' say that the high priest Melchizedek had earthly parents nor that he physically died is not proof that it is not a fact. A careful, close reading of the entire New Testament as a whole also likewise discloses that there is no text of scripture that explicitly states that Mary ever broke any one or all of the [[Ten Commandments]], or says that she ever sinned. On the basis of scripture alone, then, what Jesus said of himself can also be said of Mary, "Which of you convicts me of sin?" (John 8:46). If there are any such texts in the Bible, Mark 3:21 is not one of them. Thus any claim that Mary certainly doubted the sanity of her Son Jesus is outside the Bible and dependent on a tradition developed in opposition to the Orthodox and Catholic tradition about Mary which was not an element in the controversy over [[Nestorianism]]. Other texts adduced against Marian devotion are:::Luke 2:48-50 ''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/2-49.htm Luke 2:49]. John 2:4 ''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/2-4.htm John 2:4]. Matthew 12:46-50 ''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/12-48.htm Matthew 12:48], [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/12-50.htm 50]. Luke 8:19-21 ''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/8-21.htm Luke 8:21]. Luke 11:27-28 ''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/11-28.htm Luke 11:28].:See also the [[Christian apologetics|discussions ''pro'' and ''con'']] in the following articles: :*[http://shamelesspopery.com/did-jesus-rebuke-his-mother-in-luke-819-21/ Did Jesus Rebuke His Mother in Luke 8:19-21? by Joe Heschmeyer (shamelesspopery.com)]:*[http://shamelesspopery.com/why-the-seemingly-anti-marian-passages-in-the-bible/ Why the Seemingly Anti-Marian Passages in the Bible? by Joe Heschmeyer (shamelesspopery.com)] :There are claims of late 1st century and early 2nd–6th century ''Jewish'' calumnies against Mary as an unrighteous sinner—for example, the tradition in the [[Talmud]] that she became pregnant by a Roman soldier, and that Jesus was the bastard product of [[rape]]::*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8616-jesus-of-nazareth#anchor22 Jewish Encyclopedia -Jesus of Nazareth (jewishencyclopedia.com)] —''at sidebar'' Table of Contents ''click on'' "–In Jewish Legend" :*[https://www.jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/jesus-in-the-talmud/ Jesus in the Talmud, by Gil Student - Jews for Judaism (jewsforjudaism.org)]:*[https://enigmose.com/theology/jesus_talmud.html Jesus in the Talmud (enigmose.com)]:*[https://enigmose.com/theology/mary_talmud.html Mary in the Talmud (enigmose.com)]:*[http://www.gnosis.org/library/grs-mead/jesus_live_100/ch9.html The Talmud Mary Stories, By G.R.S. Mead (gnosis.org)]:*[http://www.halakhah.com/yebamoth/yebamoth_49.html Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Yebamoth Folio 49ab (halakhah.com)]:*[http://www.halakhah.com/shabbath/shabbath_104.html#PARTb Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Shabbath Folio 104b] —''scroll down to GEMARA'' "HE WHO SCRATCHES A MARK ON HIS FLESH" ''see'' [http://www.halakhah.com/shabbath/shabbath_104.html#104b_19 ''footnote'' '''19''']:However, no ''Christian'' writer of the first four centuries of the Christian Era (CE) cites any tradition, heretical or orthodox, that Mary ever thought her Son had lost his mind. Whatever Protestant and Fundamentalist traditions do exist which state that the mother of Jesus sinned by doubting His sanity are drawn from sources that do not predate the fourth century, making them late developments and therefore candidates as being unreliable "traditions of men". Outside of the Bible, there is no proof that Mary did not sin, and no proof that she did. :Orthodox and Catholic commentaries rank Mary the "God-bearer (''[[Theotokos]]'')" as second only to the Lord Jesus Christ himself, his humble handmaiden, his purest and most perfect servant, whom he created to be his mother , preserved for His sake from both the heritage of original sin and the error of committing any personal sin, and then exalted as the true Queen of Heaven, higher than the angels. Compare

:*Hebrews 10:5, "''a body thou hast prepared for me''";

:*1 Kings 2:19b, "''he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king's mother, and she sat on his right''";

:*Daniel 12:2-3, "''And many of those who sleep in the dust of earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever''";

:*Matthew 13:43, "''Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father''";

:*Matthew 17:2, "''And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light.''"

:*Luke 1:35, "''And the angel said to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God''";

:*Luke 1:41-43, "''And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?' ''"

:*Luke 1:48, "''for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.''"

:*Luke 9:29, "''and his raiment became dazzling white.''"

:*Romans 8:29-30, "''For those whom he foreknew he also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.''"

:*1 Corinthians 6:3, "''Do you not know that we shall judge angels?''";

:*1 Corinthians 15:51, "''We shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed''"(see [[Assumption of Mary]]);

:*Revelation 1:12-16, "''Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden girdle round his breast; his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters; in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth issued a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength''";

:*Revelation 12, "''a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.... She brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne''".:*[http://www.jesuswalk.com/christ-power/flesh-sinful-nature.htm '''Understanding the Flesh, the Sinful Nature, in Romans 7–8''', by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson (jesuswalk.com)] —"''Paul teaches that the fallen human nature is inherently rebellious against God. We inherited this nature from Adam...''" [http://www.jesuswalk.com/christ-power/6_spirit.htm '''Learning to Walk by the Spirit (Romans 8:1-17)''', by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson (jesuswalk.com)] ''Jesus did not assume a fallen human nature from the flesh of Mary''. See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A15-23&version=NKJV John 14:15-23]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35&version=NKJV Luke 1:35]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+8%3A46&version=NKJV John 8:46]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+3%3A5&version=NKJV 1 John 3:5]; also [https://www.openbible.info/topics/jesus_did_not_have_a_sin_nature 100 Bible verses about Jesus Did Not Have A Sin Nature (openbible.info)].:*[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Theotokos '''Theotokos''' (orthodoxwiki.org)] This article cites Old and New Testament texts as biblical support of Orthodox tradition.The writer expresses the Orthodox belief that Mary was a sinner: "''Mary was born a sinner, a human with full human nature. Mary’s Son, Jesus the Christ, took flesh from her. So as Son of God, '''He assumed fallen human nature from her''' and redeemed humanity by His Crucifixion and Resurrection.''" (''boldface emphasis added''). Compare the following NKJV texts (Orthodox Study bible):::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A3&version=NKJV Ephesians 2:3] "''by nature the children of wrath''"::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+7%3A18-25&version=NKJV Romans 7:18-25]::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+3%3A5&version=NKJV 1 John 3:5]::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+11%3A9&version=NKJV Acts 11:9]::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Wisdom+8%3A19-20&version=NRSV Wisdom 8:19-20]::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A5&version=NKJV Hebrews 10:5]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+7%3A26&version=NKJV 7:26]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+4%3A15&version=NKJV 4:15] ::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+5%3A21&version=NKJV 2 Corinthians 5:21]::*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A30&version=NKJV John 14:30]:*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: '''The Blessed Virgin Mary''' (newadvent.org)] This article cites Old and New Testament texts as biblical support of Catholic tradition.Genesis 3:15; Isaiah (Isaias) 7:1-7; Micah (Micheas) 5:2-3; Jeremiah (Jeremias) 31:22; Exodus 3:2; Judges 6:37-38; Proverbs 8:22-31; [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03302a.htm Song of Solomon (Canticle of Canticles)]; Sarah, Deborah (Debbora), Judith, Esther, Eve; Genesis 3:20; John 2:1-3; 19:25-27; Acts 1:14–2:4; Galatians 4:4; Romans 1:3; Revelation (Apocalypse) 12:1-16; Psalm 2:9; Acts 8:14-17; Galatians 1:18-19. The article also discusses arguments both for and against Catholic traditions about Mary outside of the Bible, citing writers from the 2nd through the 18th centuries. "''In the Breviary and Missal the Church has repeatedly applied the song'' [Canticle of Canticles/Song of Songs] ''to the Mother of God (see B. Schafer in Komment., p. 255 sqq.). In truth the bride adorned with the beauty of spotless purity and deep affection is a figure most appropriate to the Mother of God. This is the reason why St. Ambrose in his book "De virginibus", so repeatedly and especially quotes Canticles.''"—[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03302a.htm Canticle of Canticles - Catholic Encyclopedia (newadvent.org)]

"'''(And indeed, the Gospel proclaims that all generations shall call [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|his mother Mary]] blessed...)'''"

:A [[Redaction|Redactive]] insertion between Luke 11:28 and 11:29. See Luke 1:48. See [[Worship]].

:This parenthetical statement has been added as scriptural evidence that Mary the mother of Jesus is blessed on the basis of (1) what Jesus here says: "Blessed are those who hear the word of God and do it" (''keep it''), and on the basis of (2) the prophesy she uttered when she visited her cousin Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. Mary heard the word of God, and she kept it. Luke 2:19 and 51. See also Luke 1:26-30. Compare John 2:5; 19:25-27; Acts 1:14; Revelation 12.

:Catholics call the mother of Jesus the "Blessed Virgin Mary" in fulfillment of Luke 1:48, "all generations shall call me blessed." Protestants regard her as a sinner saved by grace according to [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3%3A4-7&version=~~RSVCE~~ KJV Titus 3:4-7] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A46-47&version=~~RSVCE~~ KJV Luke 1:46-47].

:"'''Whoever curses whom God has blessed is cursed, except they repent.'''" This is an additional redactive comment declaring the fundamental biblical doctrine, "Whoever speaks evil of anyone whom God has blessed is cursed, unless they repent of their evil speech." This is an [[allusion]] to [[blasphemy]] and [[slander]] (compare [[detraction]] and [[calumny]]).

:The more ancient reading of this proverb in English is, "'''Who curses whom God has blessed is cursed, save he repent.'''" See the following:

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+12%3A3&version=RSVCE Genesis 12:3]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+23%3A7-8&version=RSVCE Nunbers 23:7-8~~], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+23%3A12&version=RSVCE 23:12~~]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+5%3A12&version=RSVCE Psalm 5:12]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%3A36&version=RSVCE Matthew 12:36]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A28&version=RSVCE Luke 1:28], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A42&version=RSVCE 1:42]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+38%~~3A14~~3A30-33&version=RSVCE Romans 38:1430-33]:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=~~Romans~~Matthew+812%~~3A31~~3A34-3335&version=RSVCE ~~Romans 8~~Matthew 12:3134-3335]:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A29-30&version=RSVCE Ephesians 4:29-30]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+1%3A15-16&version=RSVCE Titus 1:15-16]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3%3A1-2&version=RSVCE Titus 3:1-2]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+4%3A11&version=RSVCE James 4:11]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A8&version=RSVCE Jude 8] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A10-11&version=RSVCE 10-11] ''with'' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+16%3A1-3&version=RSVCE Numbers 16:1-3]:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+3%3A13-18&version=RSVCE Romans 3:13-18]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+42%3A7-8&version=RSVCE Job 42:7-8]

:*27. When I stand before the Lord on Judgment Day, I want to be able to say to Him: "I honored You alone, Lord, and no one else".

:*28. I don't care what you say, you Catholics do worship Mary. You may not think you do, your Church may tell you that you don't, you may not even intend to do so, but you still do!

::''The author responds that if they do not intend to do so, then they don't.'' (See his [http://home.earthlink.net/~mysticalrose/marian12.html '''responses'''].) The author makes an appeal to the same Bible principle that God revealed to the prophet Samuel, "—'''man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart'''." 1 Samuel 16:7c KJV (See [[Fallacy of analogy]].)

:[https://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/mary_is_nothing.htm '''Catholic Mary is Nothing!''' David J. Stewart (jesus-is-savior.com)] —The author warns his readers,

::"''Catholicism is of the Devil. There are already billions of Catholics burning in Hell because they followed evil men, i.e., Catholicism, instead of the truth of God's Word. … Biblically, Mary was a dirty, rotten, vile, sinner … The Catholic Mary is NOTHING. It is a sin to recognize, pay tribute to, honor, sing about, worship or elevate Jesus' mother as being anything more than a vile, guilty, filthy, dirty, rotten, SINNER!''"

::"''Ashtoroth or Asteroth for the Philistine was the same as the Semite Astarte, both modeled from the Babylonian Ishtar, Her other counterparts are Isis and Hathor of Egypt, Kali of India, and Aphrodite and Demeter of Greece. The Roman counterpart was Diana the same as in Act 19:35. Indeed the same goddess in these days goes by the name of Mary. "The Council of Ephesus, 431 AD had the cult of Diana the virgin goddess (in Greek = Artemis, in Phoenician = Astarte, her cult continued in Ephesus until 431 AD) supplanted by the cult of Mary by the Roman Catholic Church to legitimize that Mary was the "mother of god" and the "mother of all" and not Diana that also had these attributes. They also gave to Mary all the other attributes of Diana such as: "queen of heaven" and "divine virgin" etcetera. Before 431 AD Mary was not recognized and so they effectively paganised Christianity at Ephesus and Diana, still alive, had her name changed to that of Mary. "What Kind Of Spirit? "The Jezebel spirit is born of witchcraft and rebellion. This demon is one of the most common spirits in operation today, both in the church and in the world, and it is a powerful enemy of the body of Christ. She operates freely on sincere believers whose hearts are for God individually, and has also attained positions of power as powers and principalities within the Church.''"

:Neutrally [[Objectivity|objective]] observers, historians and [[Anthropology|anthropologists]], both [[Religion|religious]] and [[Agnosticism|agnostic]], point out that all religions and sects dedicated to a spirit or god/goddess of lust and fertility have invariably sponsored official temples of prostitution and even human sacrifice on their altars. However, in contrast to these, those who have instead been devoted to virtuous moral, physical and spiritual purity had and have no such features; but they also have admittedly had individual betrayers of the ideals they claimed to represent, who proved to be [[hypocrites]] who violated their religion instead of truly representing it. These scholars and historians have pointed out that '''''no ''' shrines dedicated to the name of Mary in the Orthodox or Catholic religion appear to ''exclude'' the name of Jesus'', neither do they promote the practice of sexual promiscuity (they would if they were influenced by a spirit of harlotry and rebellion), but instead they rather obviously display examples and images promoting [[chastity]], [[modesty]] and [[virginity]]. The [[icon]]ography of these Marian shrines shows a striking contrast to known extant historical images and friezes and mosaics inside and outside pagan temples dedicated to the ancient mother goddesses of fertility, sorcery and witchcraft, Ashtaroth, Astarte, Ishtar, Hathor, Aphrodite, Kali, Hecate and Diana, and to the known practices of their devotees.:*[https://worldhistory.us/ancient-history/ancient-rome/the-cult-of-isis-in-imperial-roman-times.php The Cult of Isis in Imperial Roman Times (worldhistory.us)]—"''During Rome’s republican period, Isis was confined to household chapels. Both Augustus and Tiberius, at the start of the Imperial period, destroyed her temples. Although scholars differ on what actually occurred in the temples in regard to sexual practices, promiscuity, whether real or rumored, was frequently associated with the temples of Isis.''" This has never been true of shrines to the Virgin Mary.:*[https://thedailybeagle.net/~~2018~~2013/04/05/373 / The Cults of Isis and the Virgin Mary - The Daily Beagle. Articles and Essays on Obscure History (thedailybeagle.net)] —"''Of course there are a great many differences between the two cults. The cult of Isis was renowned for its sexual promiscuity whereas the cult of the Virgin prized chastity and purity in such matters.''":*[https://www.eyeofhorus.biz/power-of-myth/horus-and-jesus-the-egyptian-revelation/ Horus and Jesus: the Egyptian Revelation - Metaphysical Store for Magick & Mindfulness (eyeofhorus.biz)] —"''By drawing the parallels, they make a [[Fallacy of analogy|fallacy of comparison]], so that the uneducated person will think it is logical.... As a store named for Horus, or at least, his eye, we felt compelled to create a new info-graphic to set the record straight.''" The author firmly asserts that Isis was certainly no virgin, that her son Horus was not born of a virgin. 9 signal attributes are listed of Isis, "''none of them sound like Mary''". Isis is frequently portrayed with a naked voluptuous bosom and breast-feeding her son Horus. Mary is always modestly portrayed as completely clothed with only her face and hands revealed. Isis is Creatrix of life and savior of Osiris whom she raises from the dead. Jesus is the Creator and Lord of life who resurrects himself. Mary is not Isis.

:As warnings to their followers, apologists and polemicists on both sides of the controversy over devotion to Mary have given two diametrically opposed interpretations of the following passages of the Bible:

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+15%3A14&version=KJV Matthew 15:14]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A11&version=KJV Revelation 22:11]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%343A34-~~37A14~~37&version=KJV Matthew 12:34-37]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A45&version=KJV Luke 6:45]

:*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+11%3A34-35&version=KJV Luke 11:34-35]

:Many published commentaries discuss, debate and speculate with uncertainty what exactly is meant by the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, or what it could possibly mean. The text of Mark 3:30 plainly says that it is the sin of saying or declaring that the Holy Spirit is unclean, that is, that the Holy Spirit is a defiling evil spirit—"''for they had said, 'He has an unclean spirit' ''". This is blasphemy. According to a literalistic reading of this text the words themselves are enough: "''For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.''" Matthew 12:37. "''The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks''" Luke 6:45. Many others affirm against the literalistic reading of these texts that the words alone do not condemn the speaker but that the words said together with intent, that is, said with conviction and certainty as a serious charge about the very Spirit that is empowering and performing the works, do condemn. Those who simply say or mouth the words are not condemned, but those who mean what they say against the Holy Spirit—as the [[Soul]] of the [[Christianity|whole Christian community]] animating the works of goodness and holiness and sanctification in changing lives—will never be forgiven this sin. See multiple commentaries on [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/12-31.htm Matthew 12:31] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/12-32.htm 32]

:Compare [http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.lutherdevilsfraud.html '''''The Devil's Fraud, Lies, and Deception'', Martin Luther''' (angelfire.com)] ''The lying deceit of Catholic miracles and healings as false support of Catholicism''.::"At times the devil also takes possession of a person and then lets himself be cast out by adjuration, blessing, etc. All this he does for the purpose of confirming his lies and deceptions and of impressing the people, so that because of these apparently great miracles they are seduced into idolatry. This he has accomplished to date with pilgrimages and the idolatrous adoration of saints, at one place with the Sacred Blood, at another with this or that Mary. He has filled the entire country with shameful delusions and has prompted people to throng to such places and everybody to make vows there and transfer their trust from God to his lies. For in the end it was nothing but devilish deception with which he made fools of the people and persuaded them to believe that they had really been helped."

:Compare the following texts:

"'''[[Invincible ignorance|he who did not know]], and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes.'''

:Luke 12:48

:See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/12-48.htm multiple commentaries on Luke 12:48]. Compare [[Invincible ignorance]] and the [[Fallacy of invincible ignorance]].

:This statement by Jesus has been cited over the centuries, together with other passages in the Bible, as ground for the controversial [[Middle Ages|Medieval]] speculation called "[[Limbo]]" (from the Latin ''limbus'' "border", ''in limbo'' "on the border"), defined as:

::(1) A region on the edge of [[hell]] for the souls of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ, of [[Virtue|virtuous]] pagans who have never heard the Gospel and had no opportunity to believe and repent and be [[Baptism|baptized]], and of infants in the womb who died before birth or before baptism;

::(2) a place or condition where unwanted or forgotten persons, things, etcetera, are consigned, banished, exiled, excluded, quarantined, "off in limbo somewhere", "my status was in limbo for the time being"; ::(3) a prison (''of maximum to minimum security''), a permanent condition of rigidly restrictive parole or custody under constant guard, such as "[[Home confinement|house arrest]]".

:[[~~Dante|~~Dante Alighieri]] gives artistic expression to the [[Philosophy|philosophical]] [[hypothesis]] of Limbo, in his first Book of ''~~The~~ [[The Divine Comedy]]'', Inferno [(Hell]), Canto IV. This work was rejected by the [[Catholic Church]] as teaching [[error]] and placed on the [[Index of Forbidden Books]] (~~now~~ its force as law has been abolished).

:The speculative idea of Limbo, which has never been approved by the Catholic [[Magisterium]] and is not a doctrine of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, is not to be confused with the approved Catholic [[dogma]] of [[Purgatory]]. According to the Catholic Church, those souls in purgatory, being purified or purged of remaining temporal punishments for truly repented and forgiven sins, are not in hell but are already saved and are absolutely assured of [[Heaven]], where "nothing impure can enter" Isaiah 35:8-10; 52:1; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45; 1 ~~Corithians~~ Corinthians 3:10-15; Revelation 3:5; 21:27. This clearly means that if the impurity of sin is completely covered over but remains unremoved that soul cannot enter therein. The doctrine that sin is covered but not removed is neither biblical nor Christian, but is "another gospel". See 2 Corinthians 11:3-4 and 1 John 3:7. :*[https://soul-candy.info/2016/05/luthers-dunghill/ Luther's "Dunghill Covered by Snow", in Luther's Words – The Total Depravity of Humanity, by Dave Armnstrong (soul-candy.info)] "''Righteous deeds are mortal sins.''" ''Each man remains by nature a blackened, corrupt sinner in Christ.'':*[http://www.judev3.co.uk/1SinsCoveredOrGone.htm Sins - Covered or Gone? (judev3.co.uk)] ''Not just covered over, but removed, forever.'':*[http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c3a2.htm#1987 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1987-2029 (scborromeo.org)] "''It frees from the enslavement to sin, and it heals.''":*[http://orthochristian.com/46463.html The Orthodox Teaching on Personal Salvation, Chapter 1 of a thesis by Deacon Victor E. Klimenko, Ph.D., a graduate of the Pastoral School of the Chicago and Mid-America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.(orthochristian.com)] ''Deacon Klimenko, sets forth a discussion of the difference between Protestant legal pardon salvation (imputed) and Orthodox ontological curative salvation (effected), with citations from the Church Fathers''.:*'''[[Salvation: declarational salvation and ontological salvation]]''' ''The external online [[Salvation: declarational salvation and ontological salvation#External links|'''links''']] listed in this Conservapedia article are an excellent comparative study of these two models of salvation, well worth the time and effort to read.''

:The Orthodox and Catholic doctrine of unmerited [[salvation]] by the divine gift of God through His bestowing of [[Sacrament|sacramental]] grace through [[baptism]] (''and continuing when they are grown through their continuance in listening to and obedience to the Gospel''), and in their devout partaking of the divine nature through the initial grace of baptism and the grace imparted through [[Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation|reconciliation]] and [[eucharist]]~~, and~~ (2 Peter 1:3-4)—and given to others through "baptism of desire" and "baptism of blood"~~, assures~~ —assures souls who do not resist the grace of God eventual salvation in heaven with Him, while those who hate goodness at the end of their lives are damned to eternity in hell.

:The Protestant doctrine of unmerited [[salvation]] solely by hearing and repentance because they believe (Luke 23:39-43; Romans 10:13-17), '''''either ''''' absolutely excludes ::(1) pagans who have never heard and do not believe through [[Invincible ignorance|no fault of their own, solely because they had no opportunity]] (victims of circumstance), ::and (2) babies in the womb and before the age of understanding who cannot believe(victims of circumstance), ::and justly condemns them all to hell by default (Calvinism) solely because they have not heard and do not believe , being by nature "children of wrath" (Mark 16:16; Ephesians 2:3), :<big>'''''or'''''</big>, because God is love and is merciful to the innocent, declares that children who have not yet attained the age of understanding with ability to hear and believe and repent are already saved because they are totally innocent of the guilt of sin and the guilt of Adam's [[original sin]], and have no need to "believe and be baptized" to be saved (Mark 16:16).

:However, some among them point out that all human beings die, which accords with Paul's doctrine that "death passed upon '''all''' men, for that '''all have sinned'''" Romans 5:12, and "by the offence of one ''judgment came'' upon all men to condemnation", because "we have proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are '''all''' under sin; As it is written, There is '''none''' righteous, '''no, not one'''"—and therefore, that children even in the womb are not guiltless before God, but need salvation, being descended from [[Adam]]. This is why some Protestants believe in baptizing their children as a way of commending them to God's mercy and consecrating them to Christ Jesus, our Lord and our Salvation.

:"those whom he foreknew" Romans 8:29-30, who because of their sinful nature He is not obliged to save, but who by His grace he foreknew would be enabled to choose to be saved, all others by nature not being enabled. This excludes by default all of those souls who by their very nature do not (and cannot) hear (or accept) the Gospel, all therefore who have not responded (and cannot respond) to the call, all who therefore are not "called", by that very fact including pagans and babies who cannot hear and therefore cannot believe in their hearts and repent, who "have no understanding", and by nature are already destined for hell through their own fault because of their corrupt nature of sin. Those whose very lives of wickedness unto the day of their deaths show that they are not among the elect; and those who are [[hypocrites]] in their hearts (''including those who are not aware of their hypocrisy'') are not among the elect (Jeremiah 3:10; Ezekiel 33:30-32; Matthew 23:1-7; 1 Timothy 5:24; James 1:22-27; 1 John 3:3-24).

:According to the [[free will]] doctrine of [[Arminianism]], [[Catholicism]], and [[Orthodoxy]], the ability to be able to choose is freely given by God to all ("choose you this day" Deuteronomy 30:19-20, "If you choose, you can keep the commandments" Sirach 15:15-17), because God "commandeth all men everywhere to repent" Acts 17:26-31, because God is "not willing that any should perish" 2 Peter 3:9, and "whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" Revelation 22:17. See especially [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1Timothy%202%3A4 1 Timothy 2:4]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Acts%2017%3A30 Acts 17:30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/2Peter%203%3A9 2 Peter 3:9]. To freely choose to be saved is to choose to be among the elect; all are called; God numbers among his elect all who freely choose Him and do not choose to resist his love and goodness.

:(See [[Eternal security (salvation)]].)

:As for those infants, children, and adults, who have been saved by Baptism (1 Peter 3:21), if they should afterward sin, Catholicism and Orthodoxy teach that any sins committed after Baptism ("''post-baptismal sins''") can be removed through the [[Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation]] and the [[Anointing of the Sick]] by the washing of the blood of Christ. See 1 John 1:5-10.

"'''Behold, a certain man who had ''dropsy'' was in front of him.'''"

:Luke 14:2

:Greek '''ύδρωπικός''' ''hudropikos'' Strong's number ''5203''. An abnormal swelling of the tissues due to accumulation of serous fluid. Dropsy is an older term for ''edema'', which can affect various organs, cavities, or tissues of the body. In the first century at the time of Jesus it was regarded as incurable. See [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/14-2.htm multiple commentaries on Luke 14:2]~~ ~~. See also:*[https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=13311 Medical Definition of Dropsy, Medical Author: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR - MedicineNet. Medical Terms and Definitions (medicinenet.com)].:*[https://www.medicinenet.com/edema/article.htm Edema (Pitting) Symptoms, Causes, Types, and Treatments Medical Author: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP (medicinenet.com)].

:"'''in front of him'''"—Several passages in the Gospels show that dining, banquets and feasts among the wealthy and influential members of society were public affairs with the doors of the house left open, allowing even the poor and diseased to come and go, who were "privileged" to receive portions of food from the table of the rich. As here and on other occasions Jesus was invited, sometimes also his disciples. See Matthew 8:11; 9:9-10; 22:2-4; 26:6-7; Mark 10:37; 14:3, 14-15; Luke 7:36-37; 11:5-8, 37; 12:35-38; 13:29; 14:7-11; 15:22-25; 16:19-21; 19:5-7; John 2:1-11; 12:1-8; 13:23; 1 Peter 4:3; Revelation 19:9. See also Genesis 18:1-8; 2 Samuel 6:19; Esther 1:5-9; 9:20-22; Proverbs 9:1-6; Song 2:4; Daniel 5:1.

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Compare the [~~[Conservative Bible|~~https://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project Conservative Bible ] text (conservapedia.com):]]

And as they were traveling, a man said to Jesus, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

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