Now when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, lo! there came magians from the East to Jerusalem,

saying, Where is the king of the Jews that hath been born? for we saw his star in the East, and came 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 where the child was.

And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, who owed him a hundred denaries; and he laid hold of him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

For as the lightning cometh from the east, and shineth even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the court. And a maidservant came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean.

and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, Thou too wast with the Nazarene, Jesus.

that thou mightst know the exact truth with regard to those things in which thou wast instructed.

And he said also to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, ye say at once, A shower is coming; and it is so;

And from the east and the west and the north and the south will men come, and take their places at table in the kingdom of God.

Then he said to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith to him, Take thy bond, and write eighty.

Nathanael saith to him, Whence dost thou know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the figtree, I saw thee.

They answered and said to him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

Truly, truly do I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou hast grown old, thou wilt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldst not.

Wast thou called being a slave, care not for it; but even if thou canst be made free, use it rather.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on everlasting life, to which thou wast called, and didst profess the good profession before many witnesses.

But do thou continue in the things which thou didst learn and wast assured of, knowing from what teachers thou didst learn them,

I Paul have written it with my own hand, I will repay it; not to say to thee, that to me thou owest even thy own self besides.

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

saying, We give thanks to thee, O 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, Righteous art thou, who art and wast holy, because thou hast judged thus;

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