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I have compassion on this multitude, for behold three days have they continued with me, and there is nothing which they may eat.

And if it be that I send them away fasting to their houses, they will faint in the way; for some of them come from afar.

But he turned, and, beholding his disciples, reprehended Shemun, and said, Get thee behind me, Satana, for thou thinkest not that which is of Aloha, but that which is of the sons of men.

For every one who willeth to save his life shall lose it; and every one who shall lose his life on account of me and on account of my gospel, shall save it.

For what is a man profited, if the whole world he gain, and his soul be lost ?

Or what shall a son of man give (as) the compensation for his soul ?

For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this generation, sinful and adulterous, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And Kipha said to him, Rabi, it is good for us here to be: [fn] and let us make three tabernacles; for thee one, and for Musha one, and for Elia one.

But he knew not what he said, for they were in fear.

But they were silent: for they had contended in the way one with another, who should be greatest among them.

Jeshu saith to them, Forbid him not; for no man who doeth powerful works [fn] in my name, can soon speak of me that which is evil.

He therefore who is not against you is for you.

For every one who shall give you only a cup of waters to drink in the name that you are of the Meshicha, Amen I say to you, He shall not lose his reward.

And every one who shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it had been better [fn] for him that an ass-millstone had been set to his neck, and he had been cast forth into the sea.

But if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: better [fn] for thee mutilated to go into life, than having two hands to go into gihana;

And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: better for thee to go into life lame, than having two feet to fall into gihana:

And if thine eye offend thee, [fn] root it out: better for thee that with one eye thou enter the kingdom of Aloha, than having two eyes to fall into the gihana of fire:

For every (thing) with fire is salted, and every victim with salt shall be salted.

And the Pharishee drew nigh, tempting him, and demanding whether it were lawful for a man to dismiss his wife.

Jeshu answered and said to them, On account of the hardness of your heart he wrote for you this commandment.