But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;

But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.

He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

for verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see them, and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear them.

Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink?

And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.

But, as he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered to-day many things in a dream because of him.

And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it.