Arcana Coelestia # 4678
4678. Verses 4-11 And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him all the more. 1 And he said to them, Hear now this dream which I have dreamed. Behold, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood up, and behold, your sheaves gathered round it and bowed down to my sheaf. And his brothers said to him, Are you indeed going to reign over us? Or are you indeed going to have dominion over us? And they hated him all the more 1 for his dreams and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and he recounted it to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon, and the eleven stars were bowing down to me. And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall we indeed come - I and your mother, and your brothers - to bow down to you to the earth? And his brothers envied him; and his father kept the matter 2 [in mind].
'His brothers saw' means things that are matters of faith - in the proximate sense, the descendants of Jacob. 'That their father loved him more than all his brothers' means that [the Lord's Divine Spiritual or Divine Truth] was joined to the Divine Natural - in the proximate sense, to the Ancient Church meant by 'father'. 'And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him' means contempt and aversion. 'And Joseph dreamed a dream' means a declaration concerning Himself. 'And he told it to his brothers' means to the adherents to faith separated from charity. 'And they hated him all the more' means still greater contempt and aversion. 'And he said to them, Hear now this dream which I have dreamed' means the contents of the declaration. 'Behold, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field' means that they were teaching from doctrine. 'And behold, my sheaf arose and also stood up' means teaching concerning the Lord's Divine Human. 'And behold, your sheaves gathered round it' means those who were governed by faith. 'And bowed down to my sheaf' means worship. 'And his brothers said to him' means the adherents to faith separated from charity. 'Are you indeed going to reign over us? Or are you indeed going to have dominion over us?' means, Were the concepts in their understandings and the desires in their wills to be made subject to it? 'And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words' means still greater contempt and aversion on account of that declaration of truth. 'And he dreamed yet another dream' means a further declaration. 'And he recounted it to his brothers, and said' means to the adherents to faith separated from charity. 'Behold, I have dreamed a dream again' means the contents. 'And behold, the sun and the moon' means natural good and natural truth. 'And the eleven stars' means cognitions of good and truth. 'Were bowing down to me' means worship. 'And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers' means being given to know it. 'And his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed?' means indignation, 'father' at this point being the Jewish religion, an offspring of ancient religion. 'Shall we indeed come - I and your mother, and your brothers - to bow down to you to the earth?' means, Will the Church come to worship? 'And his brothers envied him' means their aversion. 'And his father kept the matter [in mind]' means that truth remained within their semblance of religion.
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Matthew 9
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He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
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Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
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Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."
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Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
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But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
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He arose and departed to his house.
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But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.
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It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
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When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
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When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
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But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
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Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
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Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
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While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
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Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
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Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
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for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
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But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
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When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
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he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.
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But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
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The report of this went out into all that land.
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As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"
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When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
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Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you."
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Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."
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But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
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As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.
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When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"
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But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."
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Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
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But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
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Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."
