And thou, Bethlehem, city of Judah, art by no means the least among the chiefs of Judah; for out of thee shall come a leader, that shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his teacher; and for the servant, that he be as his master. If they call the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household?

But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

for Herod feared John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man; and he kept him in safety. And having heard him, he did many things, and heard him with pleasure.

Salt is good; but if the salt shall have become saltless, by what means will you season it? Have salt in your selves, and be at peace with one another.

But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.

You have heard his impious speech. What think you? They all condemned him to be a subject of death.

And blessed is she who believed; for there shall be a fulfillment of the things which were spoken to her from the Lord.

And he charged him to tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and make offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, that it may be a testimony to them.

The disciple is not above his teacher; but every accomplished disciple shall be as his teacher.

And when a great multitude had assembled, and they were coming to him from every city, he spoke by a parable:

The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.

But you shall not be so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and him that is chief, as he that serves.

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they demanded.

We know that God hears not sinners; but if any one be a worshiper of God, and do his will, him he hears.

He said to him again a second time: Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me? He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Be a shepherd to my sheep.

Him has God exalted to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, in order to give to Israel repentance and remission of sins:

They replied: Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to call you to his house, and to hear words from you.

Therefore, setting sail from Troas, we came by a straight course to Samothracia, and, on the following day, to Neapolis,

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision in the night: Fear not; but speak, and be not silent;

but if it is a question about a word, and names, and your law, see to it yourselves: for I will not be a judge of these tilings.

And it came to pass that, after we had separated from them, we put to sea, and came by a straight course to Cos, and on the following day, to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.

But Paul said to the centurion who stood by, as he caused him to be bent forward to the straps: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?

having hope in God, which they themselves also admit, that I there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust.

If, however, I be an offender, and have done any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die. But if the things of which these men accuse me are nothing, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

Then Agrippa said to Paul: You almost persuade me to be a Christian.

It can not be. But let God be true, though every man be a liar, as it is written: That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

But Isaiah cries concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

But I say: Did not Israel know? First, Moses says: I will excite you to jealousy by that which is no nation; and by a foolish nation I will provoke you to wrath.

If possible, as far as may be in your power, be at peace with all men.

And again, Isaiah says: There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to rule the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.

Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, as you are without leaven; for Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed for us.

but now I write to you, not to associate with any one professing to be a brother, if he is lewd or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one not even to eat.

I think, then, that this is good for the present affliction that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not;

and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not:

If, then, I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian; and he that speaks will be a barbarian to me.

you are well known to be a letter of Christ, written by us as his ministers, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Now, therefore, perfect also the doing of this; that as there was a readiness of mind to be willing, so also there may be an accomplishment of the doing, out of that which you have.

Yet I pray to God that you may do no evil; not that we may appear as having proof, but that you may do what is good, though we be as without proof.

Finally, brethren, farewell; be perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach to you any other gospel than that which we have preached, let him be ac cursed.

Brethren, I speak of things common among men: No one sets a covenant aside, or enjoins any thing additional after it is confirmed, though it be a man's covenant.

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; because I was as you are. You have injured me in nothing.

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; one by a bondmaid, and one by a free woman.

Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

and that you esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

By recommending these things to the attention of the brethren, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished with the words of the faith, and of good teaching, which you have fully known.

Let no one despise your youth; but be an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in spirit, in faithfulness, in purity.

Every one that serves as a soldier keeps himself free from the business of this life, that he may please him that has chosen him to be a soldier.

If, therefore, any one will cleanse him self from these strifes about words, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, highly useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

but, without your consent, I was not willing to do any thing, that your good deed might not be as a matter of necessity, but one of free-will.

"Wherefore, it behooved him to be made like his brethren in all things, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, in order to make expiation for the sins of the people.

For if he were on earth, he could not be a priest; because there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

by a new and living way which he has dedicated for us, through the vail, that is, his flesh;

But no chastisement seems, at the time, to be a matter of joy, but of grief: yet afterward, it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it.

Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.

Behold also the ships, which are very great, and are driven by violent winds; yet they are turned about by a very small helm, to whatever point the will of him that directs it may determine.

Who is wise and discreet among you? Let him show, by a good behavior, his works, with the meekness of wisdom.

Adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friend ship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.

your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and their rust will be a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have heaped up treasures in the last days.

These men are fountains without water, clouds driven by a tempest, for whom the gloom of darkness is reserved forever.

and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig-tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a violent wind:

And they were permitted, not to kill them, but to torment them five months; and the torment inflicted by them was like the torment inflicted by a scorpion, when he stings a man.