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at this the multitude were amazed, and glorified God, for having communicated such power to men.

go then and learn the meaning of that expression, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call saints, but sinners.

new cloth is never patch'd upon an old garment: for the patch will draw the garment, and rend it still worse.

for she said within her self, if I do but touch his garment, I shall be cured:

and he said to them, withdraw, for the maid is not dead, but asleep. and they treated him with contemptuous laughter.

nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staves: for the workman deserves his maintenance.

be upon your guard with such men, for they will deliver you up to their tribunals, and scourge you in their synagogues.

but when they take you. into custody, be not sollicitous, how or what ye shall speak, for at the very instant you shall be inspir'd what to say.

for it is not properly you that speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh by you.

and ye shall be hated by all the world for professing my name: but he that perseveres unto the end, shall escape.

Then if they persecute you in one city, fly to another: for I assure you, before you have preach'd thro' all the cities of the Jews, the son of man will come.

fear them not therefore: for there is nothing hid that shall not be revealed; or secret that shall not be made known.

are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet not one of them shall lose its life independently of your father,

he that would preserve his life, shall lose it: and he that exposeth his life for my sake, shall save it.

for it is he that is meant in that passage, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

Messiah is greater than he.) for ever since the appearance of John the Baptist the gospel kingdom is as it were invaded, and people of the most violent passions enter into it with zeal.

for all the prophets and the law were your guides, till the coming of John.

"if we play a merry tune, you are not for dancing; if we act a mournful part, you are not in the humour."

Then he began to upbraid the towns where most of his miracles were wrought, for their not being converts.

wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles which were done among you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.