Childlessness

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;

who--not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but--of God were begotten.

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

and whence <FI>is<Fi> this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him; — read the full passage →

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, <FI>saith he,<Fi> `Ye did hear of me; — read the full passage →

and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?' — read the full passage →