Cease ye from the son of earth, In whose nostrils is but a breath, - For wherein to be reckoned upon, is he?

How much better, then, a man, than, a sheep? So that it is allowable, on the sabbath, nobly, to act.

What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?

What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:

But one somewhere hath borne witness, saying - What is man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? Or the son of man, that thou shouldst put him in charge?

Then be not in fear - than many sparrows, better are, ye!

But, even the hairs of your head, have all been numbered: Be not afraid: many sparrows, ye excel.

Consider well the ravens - That they sow nor, neither do they reap, which have neither chamber nor barn, - and, God, feedeth, them! By how much do, ye, excel, the birds?

The precious sons of Zion, they who were weighed against pure gold, How are they accounted as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

Verily, I say unto you - There hath not arisen, among such as are born of women, a greater than John the Immerser, - yet, he that is less in the kingdom of the heavens, is, greater than he.

I say unto you - A greater, among them that are born of women, than John, is there none; but, he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.