Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
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The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.
Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.
And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:
Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.
The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.
And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.
Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.
You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:
Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.
If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.
Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;
And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,
And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?
Matthew 4
And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.