motherhood
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28Her sons rose up and predicted great happiness; her husband rose up and praised her.
13In the manner of one whom a mother caresses, so will I console you. And you will be consoled in Jerusalem.
15Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
1But you are to speak the things that befit sound doctrine. 2Old men should be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience. 3Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well, 4so that they may teach prudence to the young women, so that they may love their husbands, love their children, 5be sensible, chaste, restrained, have concern for the household, be kind, be subordinate to their husbands: so that the Word of God may be not blasphemed. 6Exhort young men similarly, so that they may show self-restraint.
8Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother, 9so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck.
13For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
4so that they may teach prudence to the young women, so that they may love their husbands, love their children,
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth. 7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
26Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.” 27Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.