O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Even supposing some of them have proved untrustworthy, is their faithlessness to cancel the faithfulness of God?

Oh for their salvation, brothers! That is my heart's desire and prayer to God!

Do not let evil get the better of you; get the better of evil by doing good.

to the weak I have become as weak myself, to win over the weak. To all men I have become all things, to save some by all and every means.

it is good to pray thus, it is acceptable to our Saviour,

Watch yourself and watch your teaching; stick to your work; if you do that, you will save your hearers as well as yourself.

General references

I accept no credit from men,

before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel.