And, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to you; for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him."

"Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

But seek ye first His Kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

And Jesus, hearing it, wondered, and said to those following Him, "Verily I say to you, with no one in Israel did I find such faith.

And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law prostrate, and sick with fever;

And, when it was evening, they brought to Him many demoniacs; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,

and, seeing it, the multitudes feared, and glorified God, Who gave such authority to men.

Heal the sick; raise the dead; cleanse the lepers; cast oat demons; freely ye received, freely give.

and before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles.

And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

"He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it.

And Jesus, coming forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion over them, and healed their sick.

And, recognizing Him, the men of that place sent into all that region round about, and brought to Him all who were sick;

for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it;

And whosoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me.

"What think ye? If a hundred sheep belong to a certain man, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountains, and, going, seek the straying one?

for there are eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

But Jesus said, "Permit the little children??nd do not forbid them??o come to Me; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."

And every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive manifold more and shall inherit eternal life.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves.

Then will they deliver you up to tribulation, and will slay you; and ye will be hated by all the nations for My name's sake.

But woe to the women with child, and to those giving suck, in those days!

for then will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now; no, nor ever shall be.

And, unless those days should be shortened, no flesh could be saved: but, for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye looked after Me; I was in prison, and ye came to Me.'

And, when did we see Thee sick, or in prison, and came to Thee?'

I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and ye did not look after Me.'

"Then will they also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see Thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to Thee?'

And He said, "Go away into the city to such a one, and say to him, 'The Teacher saith, My time is at hand; with you I observe the passover together with My disciples.'"