And having come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and falling down, they did him homage. And when they had opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And when he had come to the opposite side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men, coming out of the tombs, possessed with demons, very fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

Provide for yourselves neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, to put into your purses,

And whoever will give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink, because he is a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo, a voice from the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight; hear him.

saying to them: Go into the village opposite to you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me.

Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and caused him to sit upon them.

Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor.

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

and because iniquity abounds, the love of many will grow cold.

And unless those days should be made few, no flesh could be saved. But on account of the elect those days shall be made few.

Therefore, you ought to have put my money with the bankers; and, when I came, I could have received my own with interest.

For this could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

And immediately many came together, so that the house could contain them no longer, nor could the space about the door. And he preached the word to them.

who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could keep him bound even with chains;

And he arose and departed thence to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice.

and his raiment became shining, exceeding white like snow, as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them; and a voice came from the cloud, This is my beloved Son; hear him.

And they kept the matter to themselves, inquiring of one another what the rising from the dead could mean.

and said to them: Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat. Loose him and bring him.

And they went and found the colt tied near the door without, in the street. And they loosed him.

And some of those who were standing there, said to them: Why are you loosing the colt?

And they brought the colt to Jesus, and put their mantles upon him, and he sat on him.

And unless the Lord had made those days few, no flesh could be saved: but for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has made those days few.

For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for its burial.

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him up.

And she was perplexed at his words, and reasoned, what this salutation could mean.

And finding no way by which they could bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up on the top of the house, and, through the tiling, let him down, with his bed, into the midst before Jesus.

And a woman that had been afflicted with an issue of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole living upon physicians, and could be cured by no one,

While he was saying these things, there came a cloud, and it overshadowed them; and they were afraid as those men entered the cloud.

And there came a voice from the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son; hear him.

And he said also to the multitudes: When you see the cloud rising from the west, you immediately say, There comes a shower: and so it is.

And why then did you not put my money into the bank, that, when I came, I could have collected it with inter est?

saying: Go into the opposite village, in which, when you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat. Loose him, and bring him.

And as they were loosing the colt, the owners of him said to them: Why do you loose the colt?

And they brought him to Jesus, and threw their mantles upon the colt, and set Jesus on him.

and found nothing that they could do, for all the people hung on his words.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it could be that was about to do this thing.

Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he could see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

And some of them said: Could not he, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not have died?

Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king comes, sitting on the colt of an ass.

For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

And the servants and the attendants, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold, were standing and warming them selves. And Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

Jesus answered: You could have no authority over me, had it not been given you from above. Therefore, he that delivered me to you, has the greater sin.

And there are also many other things that Jesus did; if they should be written, every one of them, I suppose that not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

And when he had spoken these things, while they were looking on him, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none: but what I have, this I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, arise and walk.

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing for which they could punish them, because of the people; for they all glorified God on ac count of that which had been done;

When the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt about them, what this could mean.

If, then, God gave them the like gift that he gave to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God?

and by him, every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Therefore, being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhood is like gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by art and the device of man.

I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

And as I could not see for the glory of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and went into Damascus.

But when Paul made his appeal, that he should be kept for the judgment of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept, till I could send him to Caesar

And Agrippa said to Festus: I could wish to have heard the man myself. He replied: To-morrow you shall hear him.

who, knowing me from the first, could testify, if they would, that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

And Paul replied: I could pray to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me to day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

And Agrippa said to Festus: This man could have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar

And running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we with difficulty secured the boat.

And when it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they perceived an inlet, that had an accessible shore, into which they desired, if they could, to thrust the ship.

and then the rest, some on planks, and others on what could be taken from the ship. And thus it came to pass, that all got safe to land.

And the barbarians showed us no ordinary kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the rain which was falling, and because of the cold.

For what the law could not do, because it was weak through the flesh, God has done, who, sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for a sin-offering, condemned sin in the flesh,

for I could wish my self to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;

If any man builds on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

for I could wish that all men were even as I am myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this way, another in that.

Now, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and that all passed through the sea,

and were all immersed into Moses, in the cloud and in the sea;

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

for if I cause you to grieve, who is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?

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.

I do not say this to condemn you; for I have said before, that you are in our hearts, so that we could die with you, and live with you.

I wish you could bear with me a little in my folly; but yet bear with me:

in weariness and in toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:

And this I affirm, that the covenant which had been before confirmed by God with respect to Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, could not annul so as to make the promise of no effect.

Is the law, then, against the promises of God? It can not be. For if a law had been given which could have given life, surely righteousness would have been by law.

nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.

For this reason, when I could no longer contain my self, I sent to know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

In like manner, also, I will that the women adorn themselves with decorous dress, with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment,

In a great house, however, there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honor, and some for dishonor.

Endeavor to come to me before winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren salute you.

Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest we let them glide away.

And so we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

For if he were on earth, he could not be a priest; because there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that held the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came, they could have had an opportunity to return.

Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,

for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned:

For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing,

your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and their rust will be a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have heaped up treasures in the last days.

that your faith, when proved, being much more precious than gold, which perishes though it be tried by fire, may be found to be for praise and honor and glory, at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

because you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers,