Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.
What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,
Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. Selah.
And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.
And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.
Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!