All things therefore whatsoever ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

entreat therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen for his harvest.

Wo unto thee, Chorazin! wo unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles which had been wrought in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long since would they have repented in sack-cloth and ashes.

But if ye had known what that meant, I desire mercy and not sacrifice; ye would not have condemned the innocent.

For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay what he owed.

and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the entertainment: and they would not come.

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest those who were sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children to me, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not?

And except those days were shortened, there would be no flesh saved: but for the elect's sake these days shall be shortened.

And this observe, that if the master of the family had known in which watch of the night the thief would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered him to break into his house.

But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made perfectly secure until the third day, lest his disciples coming by night, steal him, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead, so the last delusion would be worse than the first.