⁴⁰ So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

²⁶ And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

¹ We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

² (For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):

¹⁵ And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

²⁹ But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.

⁶ And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy.

⁷ And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.

⁸ And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

⁹ And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰ For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

³⁹ And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

³⁸ But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

⁸ O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?

⁴ I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

¹³ Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

²⁰ See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.