And having come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and falling down, they did him homage. And when they had opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And when he had come to the opposite side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men, coming out of the tombs, possessed with demons, very fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

Provide for yourselves neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, to put into your purses,

And whoever will give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink, because he is a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo, a voice from the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight; hear him.

saying to them: Go into the village opposite to you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me.

Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and caused him to sit upon them.

Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor.

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

and because iniquity abounds, the love of many will grow cold.

And unless those days should be made few, no flesh could be saved. But on account of the elect those days shall be made few.

Therefore, you ought to have put my money with the bankers; and, when I came, I could have received my own with interest.

For this could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.