and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

And no one putteth new wine into old skins; for the new wine would burst the skins, and would itself run out, and the skins would be spoilt.

But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream dashed, and it fell at once, and the ruin of that house was great.

And he arose, and went to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And he ran on before, and climbed up a sycamoretree to see him; for he was to pass that way.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

But as for those enemies of mine, who would not that I should reign over them, bring them here, and slay them before me.