For as the things aforesaid shall receive you, so thirst and pain which are prepared shall receive them: for the Most High willed not that men should come to nothing:
And everyone that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his wotks, or by faith, whereby he has believed,
shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders, which I have sanctified for me from the beginning.
For as many as in their life have received benefits, and yet have not known me;
And therefore be you no longer curious how the ungodly shall be punished; but inquire how the righteous shall be saved, they whose the world is, and for whom the world was created.
I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter, that there be more of them which perish, than of the which will be saved:
And I saw, and spared them, but not greatly, and saved me a grape out of a cluster, and a plant out of a great forest.
Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain; and let my grape be saved, and my plant; for with great labor have I made them perfect.
O Lord, you did show yourself among us, to our fathers in the wilderness, when they went forth out of Egypt, and when they came into the wilderness, where no man treadeth and that bears no fruit;
For, behold, I sow my law in you, and it shall bring forth fruit in you, and you⌃ shall be glorified in it forever.
This woman, whom you saw, is Sion, whom you now see as a city built;
For in the place wherein the city of the Most High was to be showed, the work of no man’s building could stand.
For you are blessed above many, and with the Most High are called by name, like as but few.
For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that have been preserved throughout my borders, and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the end, even the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken to you from the beginning.
Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not sorrowful, you house of Jacob:
For as I conceive in my understanding, woe to those who shall be left in those days! and much more woe to those who are not left!
Whereas you have spoken of those who are left behind, this is the interpretation:
He that shall endure the peril in that time shall keep those who are fallen into danger, even such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty.
Know therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than those who are dead.
the same is he whom the Most High has kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order those who are left behind.
Behold, the days come, when the Most High will begin to deliver those who are upon the earth.
But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind lived,
the Most High stays the springs of the River again, that they may go through: therefore saw you the multitude gathered together with peace.
But those that be left behind of your people are those who are found within my holy border.
It shall be therefore when he shall destroy the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he shall defend the people that remain.
Then went I forth and passed into the field, giving praise and thanks greatly to the Most High because of his wonders, which he did from time to time;
and I sent him, and he led my people out of Egypt; and I brought him up to the mount of Sinai, where I held him by me for many days;
for you shall be taken away from men, and from henceforth you shall remain with my Son, and with such as be like you, until the times be ended.
Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, and they were delivered from thence,
Therefore if so be that you⌃ will rule over your own understanding, and instruct your hearts, you⌃ shall be kept alive, and after death you⌃ shall obtain mercy.
but I will bring them out with a mighty hand and with a high arm, and will strike Egypt with plagues, as aforetime, and will destroy all the land thereof.
Woe is me! woe is me! who will deliver me in those days?
Just as a woman with child in the ninth month, when the hour of her delivery draweth near, within two or three hours doleful pains compass her womb, and when the child comes forth from the womb, there shall be no tarrying for a moment:
Behold, God is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and forget your iniquities, to meddle no more with them forever: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all tribulation.
Hear, O you⌃ my elect, says the Lord: behold, the days of tribulation are at hand, and I will deliver you from them.
and you⌃ who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, don’t let your sins weigh you down, and don’t let your iniquities lift up themselves.
And Apollonius fell half dead upon the court which is open to all nations, and extended his hands to heaven, and implored the Hebrews, with tears, to pray for him, and propitiate the heavenly army.
For he said that he had sinned, so as to be consequently worthy of death; and that if he were saved, he would celebrate to all men the blessedness of the holy place.
and he being thus unexpectedly saved, departed to manifest to the king what had happened to him.
And Divine Justice will pardon us if we fear the king through necessity.
Now this one, having endured this praiseworthy death, the third was brought along, and exhorted by many to taste and save his life.
had you been capable of the higher feelings of men, and possessed the hope of salvation from God.
And he, while tormented, said, O period good and holy, in which, for the sake of religion, we kindred have been called to the contest of pain, and have not been conquered.
rather elected the religion which according to God preserves to eternal life.
yet, through fear of God, she neglected the temporary salvation of her children.
For they became the ransom to the sin of the nation; and the Divine Providence saved Israel, aforetime afflicted, by the blood of those pious ones, and the propitiatory death.
O Israelitish children, descendants of the seed of Abraham, obey this law, and in every way be religious.
When those persons giving up their bodies to pains for the sake of religion, were not only admired by men, but were deemed worthy of a divine portion.
She shall give birth to a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.” Isaiah 40:3
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:1-2
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
They came to him, and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, Isaiah 35:5 the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. Isaiah 61:1-4
Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.
Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’ Psalm 118:22-23
“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”













