COMMON VERSION.

“If thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles.”

“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?  He saith unto him, Yea, Lord:  thou knowest that I love thee.”

“God be merciful to me a sinner.”

“Give us this day our daily bread.”

“And therefore I cannot come.”

“And to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.”

“I give tithes of all that I possess.”

“For which of you intending to build a tower sitteth not down first and counteth the cost?”

“And upon this rock I will build my church.”

“If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.”

“And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.”

“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.”

“As we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country.”

“Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat; because strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.”

SAWYER’S VERSION.

“If you please, we will make here three tabernacles.”

“When therefore they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?  He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you.”

“God, be propitious to me a sinner.”

“Give us to-day our essential bread.”

“On this account I cannot come.”

“And of him with whom men have deposited much, they will ask more.”

“I tithe all I acquire.”

“For what man of you wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the expense?”

“And upon this rock will I build my assembly.”

“If your brother sins, reprove him; and if he changes his mind, forgive him.”

“And coming to the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found my sheep that was lost.”

“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the lake, Hush! Be still!”

“When we were borne along in the Adriatic, at about midnight the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them.”

“Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate, and spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in by it; for narrow is the gate, and compressed the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.”