He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all."

What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever of you wants to be first must be your slave;

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole mind, and with your whole strength.

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

(Ere the end, the gospel must be preached to all nations.)

a man on the housetop must not go down into the house or go inside to fetch anything out of his house,

and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."