not by works {\i done} in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Blessed {\i be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn {\i upon them}.
{\b He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart;\par\tab Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart,\par\tab And should turn,\par\tab And I should heal them.}
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
And he saith unto him, {\cf6 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.}\par
And Jesus answered and said unto him, {\cf6 Blessed art thou, Simon Barjonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:\par\tab These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, {\cf6 Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.