The Life of Jesus

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

and of you--even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

`He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,

he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,

and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? --a reed shaken by the wind?

`But what went ye out to see? --a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.

`But what went ye out to see? --a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.