Underthesecircumstances,after so many thousandsof peoplehad gathered togetherthat they were steppingon one another,He begansayingto His disciplesfirst[of all, ]"Bewareof the leavenof the Pharisees,whichis hypocrisy.
Therefore,putting asideallmaliceand alldeceitand hypocrisyand envyand allslander,
But the wisdomfrom aboveis firstpure,thenpeaceable,gentle,reasonable,fullof mercyand goodfruits,unwavering,without hypocrisy.
"You hypocrites!You know howto analyzethe appearanceof the earthand the sky,but whydo you not analyzethispresent time?
"But the godlessin heartlayup anger;They do not cryfor helpwhenHe bindsthem.
"For whatis the hopeof the godlesswhenhe is cutoff,WhenGodrequireshis life?
That the triumphingof the wickedis short,And the joyof the godlessmomentary?
Now the kingappointedthe royalofficeron whosehandhe leanedto havechargeof the gate;but the peopletrampledon him at the gate,and he diedjustas the manof Godhad said,whospokewhen the kingcamedownto him.
For I deliveredto you as of first importancewhatI alsoreceived,that Christdiedfor our sinsaccordingto the Scriptures,
And when they heardit they [began] glorifyingGod;and they saidto him, "You see,brother,how manythousandsthere are amongthe Jewsof thosewho have believed,and they are allzealousfor the Law;
"Woeto you! For you are likeconcealedtombs,and the peoplewho walkover[them] are unaware[of it]."
Jesus came downwith them and stoodon a levelplace;and [there was] a largecrowdof His disciples,and a greatthrongof peoplefrom allJudeaand Jerusalemand the coastal regionof Tyreand Sidon,
But the newsaboutHim was spreadingeven farther,and largecrowdswere gatheringto hear[Him] and to be healedof their sicknesses.
Nowit happenedthat whilethe crowdwas pressing aroundHim and listeningto the wordof God,He was standingby the lakeof Gennesaret;
Sinnersin Zionare terrified;Tremblinghas seizedthe godless."Whoamong us can livewith the consumingfire?Whoamong us can livewith continualburning?"
But you have cometo MountZionand to the cityof the livingGod,the heavenlyJerusalem,and to myriadsof angels,
