Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem,

saying: Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.

When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

I also say to you, That many shall come from the east and the west, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;

For as the lightning comes out from the east, and shines even to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

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 they shall come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and shall recline at table in the kingdom of God.

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

And as the harbor was not commodious to winter in, the majority advised that they should put to sea from that place also, if, by any means, they might reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a harbor of Crete, lying toward the south-west and north-west.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the great est of these is love.

And they sung a new song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

saying: We give thee thanks, Lord God Almighty, who art, and who wast, because thou hast taken thy great power, and hast reigned.

And I heard the angel of the waters, saying: Just art thou, who art and who wast, the Holy One, because thou hast thus judged.

And the sixth angel poured out his cup on the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

on the east, three gates; on the north, three gates; on the south, three gates; and on the west, three gates.