I urge you to be true shepherds of the flock of God among you, not because you are compelled, but of your own free will; not from a base love of gain, but with a ready spirit;

If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!

Cure the sick, raise the dead, make the lepers clean, drive out demons. You have received free of cost, give free of cost.

For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.

"From others," answered Peter. "Well then," continued Jesus, "their sons go free.

And you find out the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."

The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding- sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. "Set him free," said Jesus, "and let him go."

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honor to his Servant Jesus--him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free.

"Daughter," he said, "your faith has delivered you. Go, and peace be with you; be free from your complaint."

The Council followed his advice, and, calling the Apostles in, had them flogged, and then, after cautioning them not to speak in the Name of Jesus, set them free.

"A curse upon you and upon your money," Peter exclaimed, "for thinking that God's free gift can be bought with gold!