to the assembly of the first-born registered in heaven, to the God of all as judge, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

With the tongue we bless the Lord and Father, and with the tongue we curse men made in God's likeness;

The Jews retorted, "We mean to stone you, not for a good deed, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, make yourself God."

These men make much of you ??yes, but for dishonest ends; they want to debar you from us, so that you may make much of them.

(Man was not made from woman, woman was made from man;

for as woman was made from man, so man is now made from woman, while both, like all things, come from God.)

Just as one man's disobedience made all the rest sinners, so one man's obedience will make all the rest righteous.

And he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:

(He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.)

But the man of firm purpose who has made up his mind, who, instead of being forced against his will, has determined to himself to keep his maid a spiritual bride ??that man will be doing the right thing.

There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

With these words he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, which he smeared on the man's eyes,

He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some clay and smeared my eyes with it and told me, 'Go and wash them in Siloam'; so I went and washed them, and I got my sight."

but he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over your affairs?"

But the man who was injuring his neighbour pushed him aside. "Who made you ruler and umpire over us?" he asked.

The Moses they refused, when they said, 'Who made you ruler and umpire?' ??that was the very man whom God sent to rule and to redeem them, by aid of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

Now for some time previous a man called Simon had been practising magic arts in the town, to the utter astonishment of the Samaritan nation; he made himself out to be a great person,