Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali; The road by the Lake; the country beyond Jordan; Galilee of the Gentiles!

"Even the tax-gatherers do that, do they not? And if you show courtesy to your brother only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do that, do they not?

"While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.

"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.

These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,

"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Behold my servant whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom my soul delights; I will breathe my spirit upon him, and he shall announce justice to the Gentiles.

And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

"but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

"and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third day he will rise from the grave."

but Jesus called them to him and said: "You know how the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole inhabited earth, for a testimony to the Gentiles, and then will come the end.