It is you who are the Salt of the earth; but, if the salt should lose its strength, what will you use to restore its saltiness? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown away, and trampled underfoot.

Be ready to make friends with your opponent, even when you meet him on your way to the court; for fear that he should hand you over to the judge, and the judge to his officer, and you should be thrown into prison.

Nor should you swear by your head, since you cannot make a single hair either white or black.

You, therefore, should pray thus--'Our Father, who art in Heaven, May thy name be held holy,

Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, And their ears are dull of hearing, Their eyes also have they closed; Lest some day they should perceive with their eyes, And with their ears they should hear, And in their mind they should understand, and should turn--And I should heal them.'

'No,' said he, 'for fear that, while you are gathering the tares, you should root up the wheat as well.

On leaving that place, Jesus went to the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and then went up the hill, and sat down., you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill 'Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!' it would be done.

Afterwards Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: "My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, for fear that they should break down on the way."

So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in Heaven that not one of these lowly ones should be lost.

But the other would not, but went and put him in prison till he should pay his debt.

Then his master, in anger, handed him over to the jailers, until he should pay the whole of his debt.

"Why, then," they said, "did Moses direct that a man should 'serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her'?"

"I tell you," replied Jesus, "if you have faith, without ever a doubt, you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill 'Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!' it would be done.

"Teacher, Moses said--'Should a man die without children, the man's brother shall become the husband of the widow, and raise a family for his brother.'

and say 'Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken part in their murder of the Prophets!

And, at that time, if any one should say to you 'Look! here is the Christ!' or 'Here he is!', do not believe it;

But, should he be a bad servant, and say to himself 'My master is a long time in coming,'

Then you ought to have placed my money in the hands of bankers, and I, on my return, should have received my money, with interest.

"And should this matter come before the Governor," they added, "we will satisfy him, and see that you have nothing to fear."