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154:6.8 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and [[Jesus]]' [[brothers]] [[thought]] that [[Jesus]] did not [[understand]] them, that he had lost interest in them, little [[realizing]] that it was they who failed to [[understand]] [[Jesus]]. Jesus fully understood how [[difficult]] it is for men to break with their [[past]]. He knew how [[human being]]s are swayed by the [[preacher]]'s [[eloquence]], and how the [[conscience]] [[responds]] to [[emotional]] [[appeal]] as the [[mind]] does to [[logic]] and [[reason]], but he also knew how far more [[difficult]] it is to [[persuade]] men to disown the past.

154:6.8 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and [[Jesus]]' [[brothers]] [[thought]] that [[Jesus]] did not [[understand]] them, that he had lost interest in them, little [[realizing]] that it was they who failed to [[understand]] [[Jesus]]. Jesus fully understood how [[difficult]] it is for men to break with their [[past]]. He knew how [[human being]]s are swayed by the [[preacher]]'s [[eloquence]], and how the [[conscience]] [[responds]] to [[emotional]] [[appeal]] as the [[mind]] does to [[logic]] and [[reason]], but he also knew how far more [[difficult]] it is to [[persuade]] men to disown the past.

154:6.9 It is forever true that all who may [[think]] they are misunderstood or not [[appreciated]] have in [[Jesus]] a [[sympathizing]] [[friend]] and an [[understanding]] [[counselor]]. He had [[warned]] his [[apostles]] that a man's [[foes]] may be they of his own household, but he had hardly [[realized]] how near this [[prediction]] would come to apply to his own [[experience]]. [[Jesus]] did not [[forsake]] his [[earth]] [[family]] to do his Father's work—they forsook him. Later on, after [[the Master]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection], when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] became [[connected]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christian movement], he [[suffered]] immeasurably as a result of his failure to enjoy this earlier [[association]] with [[Jesus]] and his [[disciples]].

154:6.9 It is forever true that all who may [[think]] they are misunderstood or not [[appreciated]] have in [[Jesus]] a [[sympathizing]] [[friend]] and an [[understanding]] [[counselor]]. He had [[warned]] his [[apostles]] that a man's [[foes]] may be they of his own household,[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12] but he had hardly [[realized]] how near this [[prediction]] would come to apply to his own [[experience]]. [[Jesus]] did not [[forsake]] his [[earth]] [[family]] to do his Father's work—they forsook him. Later on, after [[the Master]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection], when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] became [[connected]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christian movement], he [[suffered]] immeasurably as a result of his failure to enjoy this earlier [[association]] with [[Jesus]] and his [[disciples]].

154:6.10 In passing through these [[events]], [[Jesus]] [[chose]] to be [[guided]] by the [[limited]] [[knowledge]] of his [[human]] [[mind]]. He [[desired]] to undergo the [[experience]] with his [[associates]] as a mere man. And it was in the [[human]] [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] to see his [[family]] before he left. He did not [[wish]] to stop in the midst of his [[discourse]] and thus render their first [[meeting]] after so long a [[separation]] such a [[public]] [[Event|affair]]. He had [[intended]] to finish his [[Speech|address]] and then have a [[visit]] with them before leaving, but this [[plan]] was thwarted by the [[conspiracy]] of [[events]] which [[immediately]] followed.

154:6.10 In passing through these [[events]], [[Jesus]] [[chose]] to be [[guided]] by the [[limited]] [[knowledge]] of his [[human]] [[mind]]. He [[desired]] to undergo the [[experience]] with his [[associates]] as a mere man. And it was in the [[human]] [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] to see his [[family]] before he left. He did not [[wish]] to stop in the midst of his [[discourse]] and thus render their first [[meeting]] after so long a [[separation]] such a [[public]] [[Event|affair]]. He had [[intended]] to finish his [[Speech|address]] and then have a [[visit]] with them before leaving, but this [[plan]] was thwarted by the [[conspiracy]] of [[events]] which [[immediately]] followed.