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`And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber; — read the full passage →

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and this <FI>is<Fi> to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her--

this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,