He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
But his citizens hated him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth: and no man receiveth his testimony.
And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.
For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers.
Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.
Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:
Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God, to you the word of this salvation is sent.
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
And when we had bid one another farewell, we took ship; and they returned home.