for it is written, “You shall be holy, because I am holy.”

For there are three that testify,

“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,

And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test!

I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

(because they said, “He has an unclean spirit”).

So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.