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Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
