He came to his own, and his own did not accept him.
But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.
And what he has seen and heard, of this he testifies, and no man receives his testimony.
But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),
But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born from a woman, born under law,
Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation was sent.
I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,
He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, and the world knew him not.
But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,
Then says he to the disciple, Behold, thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own place.
And having bid farewell to each other, we went up in the ship, and those men returned to their own things.
