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Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

But Thomas, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God! Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

And Jesus said unto the disciples, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their under

standing, that they might understand the scriptures; and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.

After this, the disciples went away into Galilee into a mountain, and Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.

Many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that, believing, ye might have life through his name.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

Now which of you, intending to build a house sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, this man began to build, and was not able to finish! Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

In patience possess ye your souls, and take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, "I am Christ; and the time draweth near." Go ye not therefore after them. And when ye hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must come to pass. Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences. Watch ye therefore, and pray, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep: but he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: but I am come that all might have life, and

that they might have it more abundantly: and ye both know me, and ye know whence I am.

If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God. And though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came and whither I go: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. I lay down my life, that I might take it again; no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Now he that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me, for I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness; and if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world; and he that rejecteth me and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. I have not spoken of myself, but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak; and I know that his commandment is life everlasting. Whatsoever I have said therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so have I spoken. But take heed and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth; and if any man will come after me, let him deny himself,

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and take up his cross daily, and follow me: for whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for Christ's sake, the same shall save it: for what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

It is written in the prophets, They shall all be taught of God.* Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead, but I am the living bread which cometh down from heaven; if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I give is my physical life, which I give for the life of the world. I am the bread of life; verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance: for the law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it, so that the blind now receive their sight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth, but when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. Also the

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