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“At that time, “Jesus rejoiced in Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”
““Nevertheless,” said He, “rejoice not in this, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
“for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.”
“Let us pour in the oil and the wine, and if he does not receive it gratefully, because he is faint, if he puts his hand upon the wound, and rends away the liniment, and unbinds the plaster, nevertheless, let us bind him up again, and set him upon our own beast, and carry him to the inn.”
““Nevertheless,” said Christ to His apostles, “rejoice not in this, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven”—that being the sweetest comfort, the honeycomb that drops with the most precious drops of all, the knowledge of our being chosen by God.”