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and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

`But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins -- (then saith he to the paralytic) -- having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'

And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

And Jesus said to them, `Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.

`Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'

While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that `My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'

he saith to them, `Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose,

but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land.

but the Pharisees said, `By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few;

for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

`But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.

`But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.