<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Mark, my words: Be nice to the little&nbsp;ones.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/mark-my-words-be-nice-to-the-little-ones/children/" rel="attachment wp-att-5362"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="5362" data-permalink="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/mark-my-words-be-nice-to-the-little-ones/children/" data-orig-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/children.jpg" data-orig-size="359,285" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="children" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/children.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/children.jpg?w=359" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5362" alt="children" src="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/children.jpg?w=300&#038;h=238" width="300" height="238" srcset="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/children.jpg?w=300&amp;h=238 300w, https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/children.jpg?w=150&amp;h=119 150w, https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/children.jpg 359w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>As we continue to wander with Jesus through the book of Mark He comes across some children and relates to them in a way that would have been quite unfamiliar and possibly quite scandalous to the adults of His time&#8230;</p>
<p>There is so much to be learnt simply from observing how Jesus behaved around people &#8211; how He spoke to them and how He spent time with them, and it is good to reflect that back to our own lives and ask if we are doing the same&#8230;</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s head to Mark:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/mark-my-words-rather-cut-things-off"><strong>[For the next passage that deals with cutting things off rather than missing out, click here]</strong></a></p>
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