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And if you wish peace to your brethren only, what more do you than they ? do not also the tribute-gatherers this ?

When, therefore, thou art doing alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as do the assumers of faces in the assemblies and streets, so that they may be praised from men; and, Amen I say to you, they receive their reward.

And when thou prayest, be not as the face-takers, who love to stand in the assemblies and at the corners of the streets to pray, that they may be seen of men [fn] and truly I say to you that they receive their reward.

And when thou art praying, be not wordy, like the profane; for they think that in much speaking they are heard.

WHEN, too, you fast, be not morosely sad as the assumers of faces, for they defile their countenances so as that they may appear unto men to fast: and, Amen I say unto you, they receive their reward.

and concerning raiment why are you anxious ? Look upon the lilies of the wilderness how they increase; they toil not, neither do they spin.

Give not the holy unto dogs, and throw not your precious stones before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

ENTER in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and spacious the way, that conducteth to destruction; and they are many who go therein.

How small is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth unto salvation; and they are few who find it !

And when it was evening, they brought before him many demoniacs, and he cast out their devils by a word; and all those who were heavily afflicted he healed.

And the disciples approached him, that they might awake him, saying to him, Our Lord, deliver us, we are perishing !

And they shouted, saying, What to us, and to thee, Jeshu, son of Aloha ? Hast thou come hither before the time, to torment us?

Jeshu saith to them, Go: and immediately they went forth, and entered into the swine; and the whole herd rushed directly over the rock, and, plunging into the sea, perished in the waters.

And they who tended them, fled, and went into the city, and showed every thing that was done, and what concerned these demoniacs.

the whole city came forth to meet Jeshu himself; and when they beheld him, they besought from him that he would remove from their coasts.

And they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed; and Jeshu saw their faith, and said to the paralytic, Be comforted, my son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

When the assembly saw this, they feared, and glorified Aloha who had given such power as this unto men.

And when the Pharishee saw (it), they say to his disciples, Why doth your master eat with tribute-takers and sinners?

Jeshu said to them, Neither can the sons of the marriage-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them: but the days are coming when the bridegroom shall be taken up from them, and then shall they fast.

17 Neither do they pour new wine into old bottles [fn] that the bottles may not be broken, and the wine be spilled, and the bottles perish. But they pour new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.