And then a widow, till she had reached the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple Courts, but, fasting and praying, worshiped God night and day.

Then he measured the wall; it was two hundred and eighty-eight feet, as men measure, that is as the angel measured.

The man who had received the three thousand pounds came up and brought three thousand more. 'Sir,' he said, 'you entrusted me with three thousand pounds; look, I have made another three thousand!'

For, just as 'Jonah was inside the sea-monster three days and three nights,' so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

'There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.'

The man who had received the three thousand pounds went at once and traded with it, and made another three thousand.

For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a whole day and night in the deep.

So the men went. Going out again about mid-day and about three o'clock, he did as before.

"I tell you," answered Jesus, "that you yourself today--yes, this very night--before the cock crows twice, will disown me three times."

Then he came and found the three Apostles asleep. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could not you watch for one hour?

"We ourselves heard him say 'I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and in three days build another made without hands.'"

At that moment, for the second time, a cock crowed; and Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him-- 'Before a cock has crowed twice, you will disown me three times'; and, as he thought of it, he began to weep.

The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads, as they said: "Ah! you who 'destroy the Temple and build one in three days,

At midday, a darkness came over the whole country, lasting till three in the afternoon.

And, at three, Jesus called out loudly: ??Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani?'" which means 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?'

Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months, and then returned to her home.