1.
There is none like thee, Lord (C)
There is none like thee in the world (Hi)
2.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen (C)
Yours is the dominion and yours is the might, O Mazda (Z)
3.
The crooked shall be made straight (C)
That which is crooked shall be made straight (T)
4.
Unto you is born a Saviour (C)
Unto you this day the Saviour is born. The virgin has given birth; the line increases (M)
5.
Blessed art thou among women (C)
Exalted above all earthly women (the reference is to Buddha's mother) (B)
6.
He that seeth me seeth him that sent me (C)
He who sees me sees the teaching (B)
7.
For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (C)
For the Logos (Herakles) is not there to harm or to punish, but to save (M)
8.
I am the light of the world This day is (the scripture) fulfilled ... (C)
I am the eye of the world (B)
The time is fulfilled (Assurbanipal)
9.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations ... teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you (C)
That which you have seen of me and learnt from me, that shall you preach to all men (Hi)
10.
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear (C)
He who has ears, let him hear the word and believe (B)
11.
He that seeketh findeth (C)
He who seeks shall find it (the Tao) (T)
12.
No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God (C)
For he who is occupied (with the things of this world) is unfit to accept the kingdom (T)
13.
They are all under sin (C)
Sin reigns freely over you (Hi)
14.
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow (C)
Even it thou art a villain and thy sins surge heavily, the raft of knowledge bears you easily away over every sea of sins (Hi)
15.
If God be for us, who can be against us (C)
We fetch strength from god; who shall be against us? (Z)
16.
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die (C)
For believe me that he who trusts in me shall never die (Hi)
17.
For your Father knowest what things you have need of, before you ask him (C)
... For I know thy questions and complaints beforehand (Z)
18.
And as you would that men should be to you, do ye also to them likewise (the 'golden rule') (C)
Do not that for which thou blamest thy neighbour (a tenet of all religions)
19.
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself (C)
A man shall love others like himself (MTB)
20.
Blessed are the merciful (C)
He who fights with mercy conquers (T)
21.
Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you - Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do (C)
Even when they tear his body to pieces, the disciple thinks of the liberation of those who rend him and even in thought he does not destroy them (B Hi)
22.
If ye lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thank have ye? (C)
Do a man a favour without expecting anything in return from him (Z)
23.
Except ye ... become as little children ... (C)
Let ideas and thoughts be and become as a little child (Z)
24.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased (C)
He who is too haughty will rise very little (T)
25.
Everyone that hath forsaken ... wife, or children, or ... for my name's sake (C)
True knowledge is only this: liberation from dependence on wife and child, on house and home (Hi)
26.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God (C)
He who is pure of heart is blessed here and blessed after death (Z)
27.
In my Father's house are many mansions (C)
The angel of love ... has prepared fair dwellings for us (Z)
28.
The kingdom of heaven is within you (C)
Heaven is inside you (B)
29.
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me (C)
A Bodhisattva (a being destined for illumination) said: I take the burden of all suffering upon me. I do not turn round or run away (B)
30.
As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee (C)
Stay with me in my soul (M)
31.
Woman, why weepest thou? I ascend to my Father Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit It is finished
