Mea Culpa! I realise rereading my last blog that I have expounded the reason Matthew tells the story of Jesus and the little children, but missed the story itself. Matthew shows that the magical world-transforming Jesus has time and love for little children. I don’t doubt that Jesus did this and that it was remembered […]

TRANSLATION MATTHEW 19: 13 Then small children were brought to him, so that he would put his hands upon them and pray. But his disciples censured them.Then Jesus said,”Do not refuse the children or hinder them from coming to me, for the Rule of Heaven belongs to such as these.” And he put his hands […]

TRANSLATION MATTHEW 19:1 Now when Jesus had completed these teachings, he left Galilee and came into the territory of Judaea across the River Jordan. Large crowds followed him and he healed them there. Pharisees approached him, in order to test him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife for any reason?” […]