O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Your house, and the place of the tabernacle of Your glory.

I desired to do Your will, O my God, and Your law in the midst of my heart.

But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him.

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but He went away from there into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there He stayed with His disciples.

He shall not cry, nor lift up [his voice], nor shall his voice be heard without.

A bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench; but he shall bring forth judgment to truth.

Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.

"Behold, I am sending you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves.