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The life of Saint Issa
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And the learned elders asked him this question : “They claim that thou deniest the laws of Mossa and that thou teaches the people to abandon the temple of God?”
20 And Issa answered : “We do not demolish what has been given by our heavenly Father and what has been destroyed by sinners, but I have advised them to purify their heart of every stain, for there is the true temple of God."
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“As for the laws of Mossa I have tried to re-establish them in the heart of men, but I tell you that you do not understand their true meaning, for it is not vengeance, but pardon that they teach; only the sense of these laws has been perverted."
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Having heard Issa, the priests and the learned elders decided among themselves not to judge him for he did no evil to anyone, and presenting themselves before Pilate, the Governor of Jerusalem, chosen by the heathen, King of the country of Romulus, they addressed him thus:
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"We have seen the man whom thou accusest of exciting our people to revolt, we have heard his teachings and we know that he is our fellow-countryman.'
"But the rulers of the towns have sent thee false reports, for he is a just man who teaches the people the word of God. After having questioned him we let him go in peace.”
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