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and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

and he said to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?' and Peter answering said, `The Christ of God.'

and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

And they were all amazed at the greatness of God, and while all are wondering at all things that Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'

and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!'

`But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

`And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?