And coming into the house, they found the infant with Mary his mother, and falling prostrate, they paid their homage to him. And opening their treasures, they made their offerings to him, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

And whosoever shall give to one of these little ones, if but a cup of cold water to drink, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?

And while he was yet speaking, behold, a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom is my delight; hear him!

Then the disciples of Jesus coming privately, said, Why could not we cast it out?

"Tell the daughter of Sion, Lo! thy King cometh to thee, meek, and sitting on an ass, even on a foal the ass's colt."

And no man could answer him a word, neither durst any man, from that day, interrogate him any more.

Wo unto you ye blind guides! who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, it is binding.

Ye fools and blind! for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple which consecrates the gold?

But he going out, began to proclaim it much, and to publish abroad an account of it, so that he could no more openly come into the city; but was without in desert places; and they came to him from all parts of the country.

coming out of the tombs; who had his abode among the tombs; and no man could secure him, not even with chains;

And he could not do there any miracle, except that laying his hands on a few sick persons he cured them.

Therefore Herodias bore him a rooted resentment, and would have slain him; yet could not:

And rising, he departed thence into the confines of Tyre and Sidon; and entering into a house, desired that no man should know it: yet he could not be hid.

And they bring him a deaf man, who could scarcely articulate; and they entreat him to put his hand upon him.

And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And they caught at that word, considering among themselves what this rising from the dead could mean.

And when he was come into the house, the disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast it out?

Then some of those who stood by, said unto them, What are ye about, untying the colt?

And they brought the colt to Jesus, and put on him their garments; and he rode upon it.

And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to proclaim these glad tidings to thee.

And when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he himself made signs to them, and continued deaf and dumb.

And when she saw him, she was greatly agitated at his address: and reasoned in herself what kind of salutation this could be.

Thus in many and various discourses exhorting them, he preached the glad tidings of the gospel to the people.

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the work whereunto he hath anointed me; he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor; to heal the contrite in heart; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and restore sight to the blind; to send forth the bruised free from bonds;

But he said unto them, I must preach the glad tidings of the kingdom of heaven in other cities also: for on this service am I sent.

And not discovering by what means they could introduce him, because of the crowd, they went up to the roof, and through the tiling let him down with his little couch into the midst, before Jesus.

But they were filled with madness, and talked earnestly to each other what they could do to Jesus.

AND it came to pass afterwards, that he went through every city and village, preaching and publishing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God, and the twelve with him.

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come near him because of the crowd.

And a woman, who had a flux of blood, for twelve years, who had spent all her substance on physicians, and could not get a cure from any;

And as he was thus speaking, a cloud came and overshadowed them: and they were afraid as they were entering into the cloud.

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son; hear him.

And I besought thy disciples that they would cast him out, and they could not.

Then said he to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye say immediately, There cometh a shower; and it is so.

But it was right that we should rejoice, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

And he was desirous to have a sight of Jesus, what sort of person he was; and he could not, because of the crowd, for he was short of stature.

but did not discover how they could do any thing: for all the people attentively hung on his lips.

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

And he went and conversed with the chief priests and the captains, by what means he could betray him unto them.

And they were glad, and agreed with him to give him a sum of money.

And they began to question among themselves, who it could possibly be of them who should do this thing.

But when they still could not credit it for joy, and marvelled, he said unto them, Have ye here any thing eatable?

If this man were not from God, he could not do any thing.

But some of them said, Could not this man, who openeth the eyes of the blind, have caused that this person should not have died?

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

And ye therefore have indeed at present sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall be made glad, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Now the servants and inferior officers having made a fire, for it was cold, stood and warmed themselves: and there stood Peter with them, and warmed himself.

And thus speaking, he shewed them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.

And as he was speaking these things, while they were looking upon him, he was taken up; and a cloud enveloping him hid him from their eyes.

Then said Peter, I have neither silver nor gold; but what I have, that I give thee: By the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean, arise, and walk!

Now when they heard these words, both the priest and captain of the temple and the chief priests were in the utmost perplexity concerning these things, what could be the meaning of it.

And they could not resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.

But when they believed Philip, who preached the glad tidings of the things which related to the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised both men and women.

Now when the day broke, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what could possibly become of Peter.

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divinity is like to gold, or silver, or stone sculptured by human art or contrivance.

and that I have suppressed nothing which could conduce to your profiting; not desisting from preaching to you, and teaching you in public, and from house to house,

The silver, or gold, or apparel of no man have I coveted:

And when he could not be persuaded, we desisted, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

Then as I could no longer see through the dazzling brightness of that light, led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.

And the harbour not being well situated for a winter station, the greater part advised to sail from thence, if they possibly could reach as far as Phenice to pass the winter, a harbour open to the south-west and north-west.

And running under a little island called Clauda, it was with difficulty we were able to come at the boat:

And when the day broke, they knew not the land: but they observed a certain creek with a beach, into which they resolved, if they could, to run the vessel aground.

And the rude people treated us with singular humanity; for, lighting a fire, they received us all, because of the violent rain, and because of the cold.

For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?

and how shall they preach unless they are sent? as it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, of those who preach the glad tidings of good things!"

But if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, timbers, hay, stubble;

BUT I would not that you should be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

and were all baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

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

Now I could wish that you all spake with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret also, that the church may receive edification.

For if I make you sorry, who is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorrowful by me?

For if the ministry of death in letters graven on stone, was attended with glory, so that the children of Israel could not keep their eyes fixed upon the countenance of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance, though [soon] evanescent;

in labour and travail, in watchings often, in fastings frequently, in hunger and thirst, in cold and nakedness;

to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach the glad tidings of him to the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

I wish I could be with you now, and change my address; for I am in doubt about you.

So, tenderly affected towards you, we could with pleasure have imparted to you not the gospel of God only, but our own lives also, because ye were beloved by us.

WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone:

For this cause also, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your fidelity, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labour should be in vain.

But now when Timothy returned to us from you, and brought us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye retain a kind remembrance of us always, earnestly desirous to see us, as we are also to see you:

in like manner also that the women dress themselves in decent apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with plaited tresses, or gold, or pearls, or very costly clothing,

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and pottery; and some for an honourable use, and others for baser service.

Hasten to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

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

having the golden censer, and the coffer of the covenant, overlaid with gold within and without, in which were the golden urn containing the manna, and Aaron's rod which had budded, and the stone tables of the covenant;

THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us,

For ye have not approached the mountain that could only be groped for, and that burned with fire, and the thick cloud, and the darkness, and the tempest,

for they could not bear the charge given, and "If but a beast touch the mountain he shall be stoned, or shot through with a dart:"

For if there come into your congregation a man with a gold ring, and in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in a sordid garb;

Your gold and silver is cankered with rust; and the rust upon them is a testimony against you, and shall eat into your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasures in the last days.

that the test of your faith (much more precious than that of gold, which is of a perishing nature, though proved by fire) may be found unto praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

knowing that ye have not been redeemed out of your vain manner of life, derived traditionally from your fathers, by the corruptible things, silver and gold,

And I turned to see what voice spake to me. And when I turned round I saw seven lamps of gold;

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:

I wish thou wert cold or hot. So because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit thee out of my mouth:

I advise thee to buy of me gold purified by the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white robes, that thou mayest be completely clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thine eyes with a collyrium, that thou mayest see.

And when he had taken the book, the four living beings and the four and twenty presbyters prostrated themselves before the lamb, having each harps, and vases of gold, full of perfumes smoaking, which are the prayers of the saints.

After these things I looked, and beheld a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation, and tribe, and people, and tongue, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands

And the figures of the locusts were like horses equipped for war; and upon their heads there were as crowns, like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.