Bible verses about "autism" | Etheridge

² And Jeshu called a child, and made him stand in the midst of them, ³ and said, Amen I say to you, unless you be converted and become as children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whosoever therefore humbleth himself as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whosoever shall receive [such] as [are] like this child in my name, he receiveth me.

¹⁷ And one from the company answered and said, Malphona,[Teacher, Doctor.] I had brought my son to thee, because he hath a spirit which speaketh not; ¹⁸ and when he seizeth him, he dasheth him, and teareth and grindeth his teeth, and he becometh dry. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, but they could not. ¹⁹ Jeshu answered, and said to him, O generation that believeth not! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I tolerate you? bring him to me. ²⁰ And they brought him unto him: and when the spirit saw him, he immediately dashed him, and he fell upon the ground; and was convulsed, and was torn. ²¹ And Jeshu asked the father, How long is it from the time from which it was thus? He saith to him, Behold, from his childhood. ²² And many times he casteth him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but whatever thou canst, help me, and have mercy upon me. ²³ Jeshu saith to him, If thou canst believe, every thing can be to him who believeth. ²⁴ And in a moment the father of the youth cried out, weeping and saying, I am believing; help the defect [Poverty, imperfection, defect.] of my faith. ²⁵ But when Jeshu saw the people running together, and assembling to him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to him, Spirit, deaf and unspeaking! I command thee, come forth from him, and enter not into him again! ²⁶ And that devil cried greatly, and crushed him, and went forth. And he became as the dead; as that many would say, He is dead. ²⁷ But Jeshu took him by the hand, and raised him. ²⁸ But when Jeshu had gone into the house, his disciples inquired of him by themselves, Why could not we cast him out? ²⁹ Jeshu said to them, This kind with nothing can be cast out, but by fasting and prayer.

¹⁴ AND when they came to the multitude, a man approached him and kneeled upon his knees, ¹⁵ and said to him, My Lord, have mercy on me! my son is lunatic and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not heal him. ¹⁷ Jeshu answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation! how long shall I be with you, how long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me. ¹⁸ And Jeshu rebuked him, and the demon went forth from him, and the youth was healed from that hour.

¹⁹ Jeshu answered, and said to him, O generation that believeth not! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I tolerate you? bring him to me. ²⁰ And they brought him unto him: and when the spirit saw him, he immediately dashed him, and he fell upon the ground; and was convulsed, and was torn. ²¹ And Jeshu asked the father, How long is it from the time from which it was thus? He saith to him, Behold, from his childhood. ²² And many times he casteth him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but whatever thou canst, help me, and have mercy upon me. ²³ Jeshu saith to him, If thou canst believe, every thing can be to him who believeth. ²⁴ And in a moment the father of the youth cried out, weeping and saying, I am believing; help the defect [Poverty, imperfection, defect.] of my faith. ²⁵ But when Jeshu saw the people running together, and assembling to him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to him, Spirit, deaf and unspeaking! I command thee, come forth from him, and enter not into him again! ²⁶ And that devil cried greatly, and crushed him, and went forth. And he became as the dead; as that many would say, He is dead. ²⁷ But Jeshu took him by the hand, and raised him. ²⁸ But when Jeshu had gone into the house, his disciples inquired of him by themselves, Why could not we cast him out? ²⁹ Jeshu said to them, This kind with nothing can be cast out, but by fasting and prayer. ³⁰ And when he had gone forth from thence, they passed into Galila: and he was not willing that any man should know of him. ³¹ And he taught his disciples, and told them, That the Son of man would be delivered into the hands of men, and they would kill him; and that when he was slain, on the third day he should arise. ³² But they understood not [Knew not.] his word, and feared to ask him. ³³ AND they came to Kapher-nachum: and when they had entered the house, he asked them of what they had argued in the way among themselves. ³⁴ But they were silent: for they had contended in the way one with another, who should be greatest among them. ³⁵ And Jeshu sat, and he called the twelve, and said to them, Whoever wills to be the first, shall be the last of all, and the servant of all. ³⁶ And he took a certain child, and made him stand in the midst: and he took him upon his arms, and said to them, ³⁷ Every one who receiveth (one who is) as this child in my name, me he receiveth: and whoever me receiveth, not me he receiveth, but Him who sent me. ³⁸ Juchanon said to him, Rabi, we saw a man casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he did not adhere to us. ³⁹ Jeshu saith to them, Forbid him not; for no man who doeth powerful works [Powers.] in my name, can soon speak of me that which is evil. ⁴⁰ He therefore who is not against you is for you. ⁴¹ For every one who shall give you only a cup of waters to drink in the name that you are of the Meshicha, Amen I say to you, He shall not lose his reward. ⁴² And every one who shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it had been better [Or, more tolerable.] for him that an ass-millstone had been set to his neck, and he had been cast forth into the sea. ⁴³ But if thy hand offend thee,[Or, causeth offence to thee.] cut it off: better [Or, more tolerable.] for thee mutilated to go into life, than having two hands to go into gihana; ⁴⁴ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵ And if thy foot offend thee,[Or, causeth offence to thee.] cut it off: better for thee to go into life lame, than having two feet to fall into gihana: ⁴⁶ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷ And if thine eye offend thee,[Or, causeth offence to thee.] root it out: better for thee that with one eye thou enter the kingdom of Aloha, than having two eyes to fall into the gihana of fire: ⁴⁸ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹ For every (thing) with fire is salted, and every victim with salt shall be salted. ⁵⁰ Good is salt: but if the salt shall (become) insipid, how shall it be salted? Let there be in you salt, and in peace be one with another.

⁴⁷ And he who heareth my words, and doth not keep them, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

¹⁸ For I know that in me, but that is in my flesh, good dwelleth not; because to will the good is easy to me, but to perform it I find not.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace sufficeth thee; for my power in weakness is perfected. Gladly therefore will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Meshiha may overshadow me. ¹⁰ For this cause I am willing in infirmities, in reviling, in affliction, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of the Meshiha; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

² And be not likened unto this world, but be changed by the renewing of your minds, that you may discern what is the will of Aloha, good, and acceptable, and perfect.

¹⁸ But now hath Aloha set all the members severally in the body as he willed.

²⁶ For you see also your calling, my brethren, that not many among you are wise after the flesh, and not many among you are powerful, and not many among you are of noble birth; [Or, sons of a great family.] ²⁷ but Aloha hath chosen the simple of the world, to shame the wise, and he hath chosen the weak of the world, to shame the mighty, ²⁸ and he hath chosen those of low birth [Or, mean family.] in the world, and the outcasts, and those who are nothing, to bring to nothing those who are; ²⁹ that no flesh may boast before him.

¹ AND as he was passing, he saw a man blind from the womb of his mother. ² And his disciples asked him, saying, Raban, who sinned, this or his parents, that blind he should have been born? ³ Jeshu saith to them, Neither he sinned, nor his parents; but that there might be seen in him the works of Aloha.