He thrilled with joy at that hour in the holy Spirit, saying, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simple-minded; yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose." Then turning to the disciples he said,

Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make?

But God said unto him - Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.

It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?