SAYINGS OF BIBLICAL MOTHERS

* "Samson! Get your hand out of that lion. You don't know where it's been!"

* "David! I told you not to play in the house with that sling! Go practice your harp. We pay good money for those lessons!"

* "Abraham! Stop wandering around the countryside and get home for supper!"

* "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego! Leave those clothes outside, you smell like a dirty ol' furnace!"

* "Cain! Get off your brother! You're going to kill him some day!"

* "Noah! No, you can't keep them! I told you, don't bring home any more strays!"

* "Gideon! Have you been hiding in that wine press again? Look at your clothes!"

* "James and John! No more burping contests at the dinner table, please. People are going to call you the sons of thunder!"

* "Judas! Have you been in my purse again?"

* "Jesus! Do you think you were born in a barn?"