And thou, Bethlehem, city of Judah, art by no means the least among the chiefs of Judah; for out of thee shall come a leader, that shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

saying: Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the young child's life.

And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

And when Jesus heard it, he was filled with admiration, and said to those who followed him: Verily I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And after the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. And the multitudes were astonished, and said: Never was it seen thus in Israel.

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another: for verily I say to you, You will not have made the circuit of the cities of Israel before the Son of man shall come.

But he answered and said: I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

so that the multitudes were astonished, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Then the word was fulfilled which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that had a price set upon him, on whom some of the children of Israel did set a price,

He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. Those also who were crucified with him, reproached him.

And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

He has helped Israel his servant, (as he spoke to our fathers,)

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people;

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. And this man was just and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him:

a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against,

And I tell you, in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine was on all the land:

And many lepers were in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet; and no one of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

And when Jesus heard these things, he was filled with admiration for him; and, turning to the multitude that followed, he said: I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

But we trusted that it was he that was about to redeem Israel. And besides all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done.

And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water.

Nathaniel answered and said to him: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

Jesus answered and said to him: Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?

took branches of palm-trees, and went out to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is the king of Israel that comes in the name of the Lord.

Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, clearly pointed out to you as a man from God, by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did by him in your midst, as you yourselves also know,

Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made this same Jesus whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

But when Peter saw it, he answered the people: Men of Israel, why are you astonished at this? or, why do you look so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or godliness we had caused this man to walk?

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand before you in health.

For, in truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, did meet together,

And having heard this, they entered the temple, early in the morning, and taught. But the chief priest, and those who were with him, came and called together the Sanhedrin, and all the eldership of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Him has God exalted to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, in order to give to Israel repentance and remission of sins:

and said to them: Men of Israel, consider well with yourselves what you are about to do to these men.

When he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.

But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Your victims and your sacrifices did you offer to me for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?

But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is a vessel chosen by me to bear my name before nations and kings, and the sons of Israel.

The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all,)

Then Paul arose, and waving his hand, said: Men of Israel, and you who fear God, give audience.

From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

John having first preached, before his coming, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.

crying out: Men of Israel, help! this is the man who teaches all men every where against this people, and the law, and this place: and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place.

For this reason, I called for you, that I might see you and speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.

nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. SECTION THIRD. God's Dealings with Israel as a People,

It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.

But Isaiah cries concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

but Israel, who sought after a law of justification, has not attained to a law of justification.

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.

But I say: Did not Israel know? First, Moses says: I will excite you to jealousy by that which is no nation; and by a foolish nation I will provoke you to wrath.

But with respect to Israel, he says: All day long have I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contradicting people.

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture says, in regard to Elijah? how he intercedes with God against Israel, saying:

What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened to this day,

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery lest you be wise in your own conceit that blindness has happened to Israel in part, till the full number of the Gen tiles shall have come in.

And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Look at Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers with the altar?

For if the ministering of death, by means of a covenant that was written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the sons of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses, on ac count of the glory of his face, which glory was to come to an end:

and do not as Moses did, who put a vail over his face, so that the sons of Israel could not steadily look to the end of that which was to come to an end.

And as many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the community of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and having no God in the world:

circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as it respects law, a Pharisee;

For, finding fault with them, he says: Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will ratify a new covenant for the house of Israel, and for the house of Judah:

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord; putting my laws into their understanding, I will also write them upon their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people;

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Yet I have a few things against you, that you have there those who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to practice lewdness.

And I heard the number of those who were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel.

It had a wall, great and high; and it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel;