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and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And Jesus saith to him, `See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth [it].'

for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?

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 no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

for she said within herself, `If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

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

And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

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

`And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

`Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,