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"And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there."

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world."

"As the Father hath sent me, I also send you... Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained."

"For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins."

"Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man."

"From the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation."

"Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost."

"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother... This is a great sacrament, but I speak in Christ and in the church."

"Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also."

"These they set before the apostles; and they praying, imposed hands upon them."

"For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed."

"Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him."

"Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

"And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there."

"But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such."

"Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained."

"What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder."

"And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage."

"And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise."

"Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven."

"Look ye out among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business... These they set before the apostles; and they praying, imposed hands upon them."

"The four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints."

"And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"

"And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?"

"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."

"A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet."

"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee."

"A throne was set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand."

"Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."

"For there is one God: and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus."

"For all have sinned and do need the glory of God."

"The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to strange gods, to provoke me to anger."

"And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."

"And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints."

"And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me according to thy word."

"Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing... thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them."

"And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him."

"The four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints."

"And all these being approved by the testimony of faith... that they should not be perfected without us."

"Thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church... I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven."

"His bishopric let another take... And they gave them lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias."

"Hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle."

"I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren."

"If he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen... Whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven."

"Our beloved brother Paul... in his epistles... in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures."

"I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now. But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth."

"Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle."

"Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father and the Son."

"Women received their dead raised to life again. But others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better resurrection."

"And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven."

"All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice: That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work."

"And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven."

"And they conversed there in the church a whole year: and they taught a great multitude. And it was at Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians."

"Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost."

"For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things."

"O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words."

"Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only?"

"The fire shall try every man's work... If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire."

"Making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead... It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead."

"By one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned."

"There is a sin unto death... There is a sin not unto death."

"The Lord also hath taken away thy sin... Nevertheless because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord... the child that is born to thee, shall surely die."

"The Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father... and then will he render to every man according to his works."

"If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new."

"Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only?"

"With fear and trembling work out your salvation. For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will."

"For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, have tasted also the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come, and are fallen away: to be renewed again to penance."

"Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

"These things I write to you that you may know that you have eternal life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God."

"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works."

"Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you: except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day."

"Abide in me: and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine: you the branches."

"Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved."

"For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might be the firstborn amongst many brethren. And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified."

"By whom he hath given us most great and precious promises: that by these you may be made partakers of the divine nature."

"For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will."

"For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, have tasted also the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost... and are fallen away: to be renewed again to penance."

"Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold... the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings... there will I speak to thee."

"And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel."

"Go through the midst of the city... and mark Tau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh."

"When you fast... anoint thy head, and wash thy face... and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will repay thee."

"When the man's body touched the bones of Eliseus, he revived and stood up on his feet."

"They anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them."

"There are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it."

"If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor... and come, follow me."

"Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them."

"And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard."

"For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it."

"When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained."

"And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven."

"Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance; and do not begin to say, We have Abraham for our father."

"Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him."

"For by one oblation he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."

"Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed."

"And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us."

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of a festival day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths, Which are a shadow of things to come."

"And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them."

"Whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread."

"That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth."

"Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice."

"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love him."

"Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels."

"It is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment."

"When the Son of man shall come in his majesty... before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them."

"It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins."

"For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead. And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins."

"Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

"For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord."

"For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord."

"So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption. It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory... It is sown a natural body, it shall rise a spiritual body."

"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone... And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more."

"And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it; or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and members of member."

"The four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints."

"We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am known."

"One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead."

"With fear and trembling work out your salvation. For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish."

"And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die. Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme... the child that is born to thee shall surely die."

"And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins."

"And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars... Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places... And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world... and then shall the consummation come."

"Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour."

"Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee."

"As long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me."

"He is God's minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain."

"He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name. And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing."

"Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder... Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery."

"For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these having not the law are a law to themselves: Who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness to them."

"Who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness to them, and their thoughts between themselves accusing, or also defending one another."

"For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb... Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written."

"Thou shalt not kill."

"Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God."

"And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth."

"Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb."

"For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another."

"And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them."

"But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart."

"Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body. Know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost?"

"Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge."

"In like manner women also in decent apparel: adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly attire, But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works."

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."

"Thou shalt not steal."