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¹⁹Do not defend yourselves, dearest ones. Instead, step aside from wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is mine. I shall give retribution, says the Lord.”

¹⁵Whoever strikes his father or mother shall die a death.

⁸Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.

¹When Jesus had said these things, he departed with his disciples across the Torrent of Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he entered with his disciples. ²But Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus had frequently met with his disciples there. ³Then Judas, when he had received a cohort from both the high priests and the attendants of the Pharisees, approached the place with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴And so Jesus, knowing all that was about to happen to him, advanced and said to them, “Who are you seeking?” ⁵They answered him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Now Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them. ⁶Then, when he said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground.

⁶If, as you are walking along the way, you find a bird’s nest, in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is nurturing the young or the eggs, you shall not take her with her young. ⁷Instead, you shall permit her to go, retaining the young that you have caught, so that it may be well with you, and you may live for a long time.

¹⁰For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce. ¹¹But in the seventh year, you shall release it and cause it to rest, so that the poor of your people may eat. And whatever remains, let the beasts of the field eat it. So shall you do with your vineyard and your olive grove.

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.

¹⁵Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.

¹A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.

¹⁸If it is possible, in so far as you are able, be at peace with all men.

⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.

⁶The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.

⁴Everyone who commits a sin, also commits iniquity. For sin is iniquity.

¹⁹You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger. ²⁰For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.

¹³Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.

⁷And also Sodom and Gomorrah, and the adjoining cities, in similar ways, having given themselves over to fornication and to the pursuing of other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.