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Originally Posted by marichiko
Suffer the little children
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Yikes...the Pentacostal nonsense aside, let's not corrupt the meaning of the Biblical quote.
In full, it would read:
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Originally Posted by Mark10:13-16
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
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In this case "suffer" means "allow"...it doesn't have anything to do with "suffering" in the modern sense.
You'd have to reach out to OT:
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Originally Posted by Exodus 20:5-6
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me, and showing mercy to thousands of those that love Me and keep My commandments.
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...or maybe go non-Biblical to...
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Originally Posted by Euripides (c. 485-406 B.C.), Phrixus, fragment 970
The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
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...or...
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Originally Posted by - Horace, "Odes," III, 6, l. 1.
For the sins of your fathers you, though guiltless, must suffer.
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...which probably found its way to...
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Originally Posted by Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III,V,l.1
The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.
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