"You have heard that the men of old were told 'You shall not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

"You have heard that men were told 'You shall not commit adultery.'

"They were told, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

"Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'

"You have heard that they were told, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

"You have heard that they were told, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

And the men who tended them ran away and went off to the town and told it all, and the news about the men possessed by demons.

But when they give you up, you must have no anxiety about how to speak or what to say, for you will be told at the very moment what you ought to say,

But he said to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow,

Jesus said all this to the crowds in figures, and told them nothing except in figures,

The crowd told them to be still, but they called all the louder, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

Then the man went to the second son, and told him the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not!' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

Here I have told you beforehand.

I tell you, wherever this good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

So they took the money and did as they were told. And this story has been current among the Jews ever since.