and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.'

And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.

And he charged him to tell no one, 'But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;'

'Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

And Jesus answering said, 'O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'

then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!

I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

'And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you -- ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

the law and the prophets are till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

but will not rather say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

and they lifted up the voice, saying, 'Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;'

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

and he cried out, saying, 'Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;'

and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, 'Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business -- till I come;

and spake unto him, saying, 'Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'

And he answering said unto them, 'I will question you -- I also -- one thing, and tell me:

till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;

and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

verily I say to you -- This generation may not pass away till all may have come to pass;

for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.'

saying, 'If thou be the Christ, tell us.' And he said to them, 'If I may tell you, ye will not believe;

And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'