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and that friend from within shall answer and say unto him, Disturb me not, for the door is shut, and my children are with me in bed: I cannot rise and give to you.

I tell you if for friendship's sake he will not give him, (yet) because of importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

For every one who asketh receiveth, and who seeketh findeth, and who knocketh hath it opened to him.

For what father (is there) among you who, if his son shall ask bread, will reach to him a stone? or should he ask a fish, how instead of a fish will he reach to him a serpent ?

For as was Jaunon a sign to the Ninvoyee, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; for she came from the confines of the earth to hear the wisdom of Shelemun, and, lo, a greater than Shelemun is here.

The men of Nineveh [fn] shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jaunon, and, lo, a greater than Jaunon is here.

But woe to you, Pharishee ! for you tithe mint, and rue, and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of Aloha. These hath it behoved you to do, and those not to have omitted.

Woe to you, Pharishee ! for you love the chief seats in the assemblies, and the salutation in the public places.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites ! for you are like tombs that are not known, and men walk upon them, and do not know.

Woe to you ! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed:

thus you bear witness that you consent in the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their sepulchres.

Woe to you, Sophree; for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you enter not in (yourselves), and they who are entering you prohibit.

AND when (there) had gathered (by) myriads great assemblies, so that they would have trodden upon one another, Jeshu began to say to his disciples, Beware for yourselves before all things [fn] of the leaven of the Pharishee, which is hypocrisy.

For nothing is hidden which shall not be revealed, and nothing secreted which shall not be made known.

For all that you say in darknesses in the light shall be heard, and what you whisper in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

Are not five sparrows sold for two asorin; [fn] and one of them is not forgotten before Aloha.

for the Spirit of Holiness will teach you in that hour what you ought to say.

And he said to his disciples, Beware of all avarice: for life is not in the abundance of riches.

And he thought within himself, and said, What shall I do ? for I have not where to collect my provisions.