³ Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

²⁹ Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

¹¹ I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

⁵ For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

⁴ But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

¹³ Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

² For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

³ Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

⁷ But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

¹ Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

⁵ Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

⁴ For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.

⁶ The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

³² They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

³³ For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

¹⁰ Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

¹¹ And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.

¹² Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.

¹⁰ And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

¹¹ And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

¹² Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?

¹³ Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.

¹⁴ I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.

¹⁵ If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.