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On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.

and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'

for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?

and if not so -- he being yet a long way off -- having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

neither for land nor for manure is it fit -- they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but wo [to him] through whom they come;

nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one [part] under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

and Jesus having called them near, said, `Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.

for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.'