Let your life, then, prove your repentance;

"Let it be so for the present," Jesus answered, "since it is fitting for us thus to satisfy every claim of religion." Upon this, John consented.

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

It was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.'

Let your words be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from what is wrong.

And, when any one wants to go to law with you, to take your coat, let him have your cloak as well;

But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

But, when one of you prays, let him go into his own room, shut the door, and pray to his Father who dwells in secret; and his Father, who sees what is secret, will recompense him.

But, when one of your fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,

How will you say to your brother 'Let me take out the straw from your eye,' when all the time there is a beam in your own?

"Master," said another, who was a disciple, "let me first go and bury my father."

Then, if the house is worthy, let your blessing rest upon it, but, if it is unworthy, let your blessing return upon yourselves.

Let him who has ears hear.

Let him who has ears hear."

Let both grow side by side till harvest; and then I shall say to the reapers, Gather the tares together first, and tie them in bundles for burning; but bring all the wheat into my barn.'"

Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear.

Begging him merely to let them touch the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made perfectly well.

For God said--'Honor thy father and mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,'

Let them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind man guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt.

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Jesus, however, said: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs."

Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.'

"Miserable wretches!" they exclaimed, "he will put them to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the proper times."

Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. "My Father," he said, "if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as thou willest."

Up, and let us be going. Look! my betrayer is close at hand."

"What then," Pilate asked, "shall I do with Jesus who is called 'Christ'?" "Let him be crucified," they all replied.

"Why, what harm has he done?" he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: "Let him be crucified!"

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the 'King of Israel'! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said 'I am God's Son.'"

But the rest said: "Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to save him." [However another man took a spear, and pierced his side; and water and blood flowed from it.]