²¹ And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

³² That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.

¹¹ These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

¹² For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.