When I saw this, it taught me a lesson:
What makes you so concerned about us humans?
But each of you had better tremble and turn from your sins. Silently search your heart as you lie in bed.
Thorns and weeds were everywhere, and the stone wall had fallen down.
Sleep a little. Doze a little. Fold your hands and twiddle your thumbs.
But Mary kept thinking about all this and wondering what it meant.
Jesus went back to Nazareth with his parents and obeyed them. His mother kept on thinking about all that had happened.
These things happened to them as a warning to us. All this was written in the Scriptures to teach us who live in these last days.
What happened to them is a warning to keep us from wanting to do the same evil things.
And when the rest of Israel hears about it, they will be afraid, and no one else will ever do such an evil thing again.
The men of the town will stone that son to death, because they must get rid of the evil he brought into the community. Everyone in Israel will be afraid when they hear how he was punished.
If you did, you could see where you are headed.