Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?