A little girl, being asked by a priest to attend religious instruction, refused saying it was against her father's wishes. The priest said she should obey him, not her father. "Oh sir, we are taught in the Bible, 'Honor thy father and thy mother.'" "You have no business to read the Bible," said the priest. "But, sir, our Savior said, 'Search the Scriptures.'" "That was said to Jews, and not to children. You don't understand it," said the priest in reply. "But Paul said to Timothy, 'From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures.'" Said the priest, "Timothy was being trained to be a bishop and he was taught by the church authorities." "No, sir," said the child, "he was taught by his mother and his grandmother." The priest turned away, saying she "knew enough of the Bible to poison a parish." --Sunday School Times
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