on the authority of those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and were devoted to the service of the divine Message,

And His compassion is, generation after generation, Upon those who fear Him.

He has manifested His supreme strength. He has scattered those who were haughty in the thoughts of their hearts.

Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death--To direct our feet into the path of peace."

tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,

Again they said to Him, "John's disciples fast often and pray, as do also those of the pharisees; but yours eat and drink."

and those who were tormented by foul spirits were cured.

"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;

bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? Why, even bad men love those who love them.

And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even bad men act thus.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is it to you? Even bad men lend to their fellows so as to receive back an equal amount.

Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.

That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.

But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

And those who had seen it told them how the demoniac was cured.

But the immense crowd, aware of this, followed Him; and receiving them kindly He proceeded to speak to them of the Kingdom of God, and those who needed to be restored to health, He cured.

I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God."

"Which of those three seems to you to have acted like a fellow man to him who fell among the robbers?"

If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"

"Alas for you expounders of the Law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered, and those who wanted to enter you have hindered."

"But to you who are my friends I say, "'Be not afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do nothing further.

Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them.

"Do you suppose," He asked in reply, "that those Galilaeans were worse sinners than the mass of the Galilaeans, because this happened to them?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!

At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, "'Come, for things are now ready.'

For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my dinner.'"

And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

And the Lord said, "Hear those words of the unjust judge.

Jesus however called the infants to Him. "Let the little children come to me," He said; "do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.

"All of those," he replied, "I have kept from my youth."

Those in front reproved him and tried to silence him; but he continued shouting, louder than ever, "Son of David, take pity on me."

And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading.

"And he said to those who stood by, "'Take the pound from him and give it to him who has the ten pounds.'

But as for those enemies of mine who were unwilling that I should become their king, bring them here, and cut them to pieces in my presence.'"

So those who were sent went and found things as He had told them.

On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes,

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

Then let those who shall be in Judaea escape to the hills; let those who are in the city leave it, and those who are in the country not enter in.

For those are the days of vengeance and of fulfilling all that is written.

But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles are their masters, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.

For I tell you that those words of Scripture must yet find their fulfilment in me: 'And He was reckoned among the lawless'; for indeed that saying about me has its accomplishment."

Those who were about Him, seeing what was likely to happen, asked Him, "Master, shall we strike with the sword?"

The women--those who had come with Jesus from Galilee--followed close behind, and saw the tomb and how His body was placed.