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In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.

For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites; so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.

And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God.

If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?

And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Blessed is that servant whom, when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.

And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming. And so it happeneth.

So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth cannot be my disciple.

I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee and I have never transgressed thy commandment: and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends.

And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither.

I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.

For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

So casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.

But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth.