Then I saw and considered it well in my heart; I looked on it and received instruction.
“What is man, that You should exalt him, and that You should set Your heart on him,
Tremble in awe, and do not sin. Meditate within your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, and nettles had covered its surface, and its stone wall was broken down.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest;
But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. But His mother kept all these words in her heart.
Now all these things happened to them for examples. They are written as an admonition to us, upon whom the end of the ages has come.
Now these things were our examples to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.
All Israel shall hear and fear and no more do any such wickedness as this among you.
Then all the men of his city must stone him with stones, until he dies. In this way you are to remove the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.
Would that they were wise, so that they understood this, so that they would comprehend their future!