"Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

At that time Jesus answered and said: "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.

"Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm.

"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

"For the prophets and the Law prophesied until John;

"and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

"Let all who have ears, listen!

"saying. 'We have piped to you and you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not beaten your breasts.'

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented, long ago, in sackcloth and ashes.

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, 'He has a demon';

"Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.

"Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

"I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."

But when John heard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

"for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee.

"the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, and the gospel is being preached to the poor.

"In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they had not repented.

"Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"

and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."

"And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

"Go and tell John," was Jesus' answer, "what you hear and see;

"To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,

After finishing his instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus left that place, in order to teach and to preach in the neighboring cities.

"But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet;

"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

"What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings' palaces!

"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.