Doves

Early in evolutionary religion the lamb became the typical sacrificial animal and the dove the symbol of peace and love. 85:3.4

Jesus said: “Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be you therefore as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves”. 140:8.13 140:9.3 163:1.3 178:1.7

In the Urantia Book

Mary maintained dovecote on rooftop (123:4.4)

• In the house of Nazareth they had a small business selling doves that Jesus transferred to his brother Santiago 126:3.12
• At one time the greedy priests went so far as to demand the equivalent of the value of a week’s labor for a pair of doves which should have been sold to the poor for a few pennies. 122:10.2 173:1.2

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Sacrificial lamb 85:3.4 — Gn 22:7-8; Ex 12:3-5; Ex 34:20; Lv 4:32.
• Dove of peace 85:3.4 — Gn 8:8-12; Lv 1:14; Mt 3:16; Mt 10:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22; Jn 1:32.
• Be wise as serpents 140:8.13 — Mt 10:16b.
• No money or extra clothes 140:9.3 — Mt 10:9-10; Mk 6:8-9; Lk 9:3; Lk 10:4.
• Laborer is worthy of hire 140:9.3 — Lk 10:7.
• I send you as sheep amid wolves 140:9.3 — Lk 10:3. *Be wise as serpents*: Mt 10:16. *You'll be brought before councils*: Lk 21:12. *You'll be beaten in synagogues*: Mt 10:17-21; Mk 13:9. *They shall beat you and kill you*: Mt 24:9. *Testimony of spirit within*: Mt 10:19-20; Mk 13:11; Lk 12:11-12; Lk 21:13-15. *Jews first, then gentiles*: Ro 1:16.
• Instructions to seventy 163:1.3 — Lk 10:1b-7.
• Harvest is plenteous, laborers few 163:1.3 — Mt 9:37; Jn 4:35.
• Send out as lambs among wolves 163:1.3 — Mt 7:15; Mt 10:16a.
• Take no purse or clothing 163:1.3 — Mt 10:9-10a; Mk 6:8-9; Lk 9:3.
• Stay in same place 163:1.3 — Mt 10:11-13; Mk 6:10; Lk 9:4.
• Proclaim peace, good will to men 163:1.3 — Lk 2:14b.
• Be wise as serpents, harmless 163:1.3 — Mt 10:16.
• Wise as serpents, etc. 178:1.7 — Mt 10:16.
• Joseph “poor” 122:10.2 — Lv 12:2,6-8; Lk 2:22-24.