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127:5.3 [[Jesus]] listened [[attentively]] and [[sympathetically]] to the [[recital]] of these things, first by the [[father]], then by Rebecca herself. He made kindly reply to the [[effect]] that no amount of [[money]] could take the place of his [[obligation]] personally to rear his [[father]]'s [[family]], to " fulfill the most [[sacred]] of all [[human]] trusts—[[loyalty]] to one's own flesh and blood. " Rebecca's [[father]] was deeply [[touch]]ed by [[Jesus]]' [[words]] of [[family]] [[devotion]] and retired from the [[conference]]. His only remark to Mary, his [[wife]], was: " We can't have him for a son; he is too [[noble]] for us. "

127:5.3 [[Jesus]] listened [[attentively]] and [[sympathetically]] to the [[recital]] of these things, first by the [[father]], then by Rebecca herself. He made kindly reply to the [[effect]] that no amount of [[money]] could take the place of his [[obligation]] personally to rear his [[father]]'s [[family]], to " fulfill the most [[sacred]] of all [[human]] trusts—[[loyalty]] to one's own flesh and blood. " Rebecca's [[father]] was deeply [[touch]]ed by [[Jesus]]' [[words]] of [[family]] [[devotion]] and retired from the [[conference]]. His only remark to Mary, his [[wife]], was: " We can't have him for a son; he is too [[noble]] for us. "

127:5.4 Then began that eventful talk with Rebecca. Thus far in his life, [[Jesus]] had made little distinction in his [[association]] with [[Male|boys]] and [[Female|girls]], with young men and young women. His [[mind]] had been altogether too much occupied with the pressing [[problems]] of [[practical]] earthly affairs and the [[intriguing]] [[contemplation]] of his eventual [[career]] " about his Father's business "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2] ever to have given serious [[consideration]] to the consummation of [[personal]] [[love]] in human [[marriage]]. But now he was face to face with another of those [[problems]] which every [[average]] [[human being]] must [[confront]] and [[decide]]. Indeed was he " tested in all points like as you are. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV]

127:5.4 Then began that eventful talk with Rebecca. Thus far in his life, [[Jesus]] had made little distinction in his [[association]] with [[Male|boys]] and [[Female|girls]], with young men and young women. His [[mind]] had been altogether too much occupied with the pressing [[problems]] of [[practical]] earthly affairs and the [[intriguing]] [[contemplation]] of his eventual [[career]] " about his Father's business "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2] ever to have given serious [[consideration]] to the consummation of [[personal]] [[love]] in human [[marriage]]. But now he was face to face with another of those [[problems]] which every [[average]] [[human being]] must [[confront]] and [[decide]]. Indeed was he " tested in all points like as you are. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV]

127:5.5 After [[listening]] [[attentively]], he [[sincerely]] thanked Rebecca for her [[expressed]] [[admiration]], adding, " it shall cheer and [[comfort]] me all the days of my life. " He explained that he was not [[free]] to enter into [[relations]] with any [[woman]] other than those of simple brotherly regard and  [[friendship]]. He made it clear that his first and [[paramount]] [[duty]] was the rearing of his [[father]]'s [[family]], that he could not consider [[marriage]] until that was accomplished; and then he added: " If I am a son of [[destiny]], I must not assume [[obligations]] of lifelong duration until such a time as my destiny shall be made [[manifest]]. "

127:5.5 After [[listening]] [[attentively]], he [[sincerely]] thanked Rebecca for her [[expressed]] [[admiration]], adding, " it shall cheer and [[comfort]] me all the days of my life. " He explained that he was not [[free]] to enter into [[relations]] with any [[woman]] other than those of simple brotherly regard and  [[friendship]]. He made it clear that his first and [[paramount]] [[duty]] was the rearing of his [[father]]'s [[family]], that he could not consider [[marriage]] until that was accomplished; and then he added: " If I am a son of [[destiny]], I must not assume [[obligations]] of lifelong duration until such a time as my destiny shall be made [[manifest]]. "

127:5.6 Rebecca was heartbroken. She refused to be [[comforted]] and [[importuned]] her [[father]] to leave [[Nazareth]] until he finally consented to move to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris]. In after years, to the many men who sought her hand in [[marriage]], Rebecca had but one answer. She lived for only one [[purpose]]—to await the hour when this, to her, the greatest man who ever lived would begin his [[career]] as a [[teacher]] of living [[truth]]. And she followed him [[devotedly]] through his eventful years of [[public]] [[labor]], being present (unobserved by [[Jesus]]) that day when he rode triumphantly into [[Jerusalem]]; and she stood " among the other women " by the side of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] on that fateful and [[tragic]] afternoon when the Son of Man [[Crucifixion|hung upon the cross]], to her, as well as to countless worlds on high, " the one altogether lovely and the greatest among ten thousand. "

127:5.6 Rebecca was heartbroken. She refused to be [[comforted]] and [[importuned]] her [[father]] to leave [[Nazareth]] until he finally consented to move to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris]. In after years, to the many men who sought her hand in [[marriage]], Rebecca had but one answer. She lived for only one [[purpose]]—to await the hour when this, to her, the greatest man who ever lived would begin his [[career]] as a [[teacher]] of living [[truth]]. And she followed him [[devotedly]] through his eventful years of [[public]] [[labor]], being present (unobserved by [[Jesus]]) that day when he rode triumphantly into [[Jerusalem]]; and she stood " among the other women " by the side of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] on that fateful and [[tragic]] afternoon when the Son of Man [[Crucifixion|hung upon the cross]], to her, as well as to countless worlds on high, " the one altogether lovely and the greatest among ten thousand. "

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[[Category:Paper 127 - The Adolescent Years]]

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