LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.