as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

and besought him earnestly, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved, and she will live.

And John answered him and said: Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and he does not follow us: and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.

They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy glory.

For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy footstool.