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61. "Perfect these things upon us, therefore, unto the end, that we may have confidence in thee. Look upon us (and see), because for thy sake we have left our houses and our patrimony, and for thy sake we have gladly and willingly become strangers. Look upon us, O Lord (and see) that for thy sake we have given up our own possession, that we might obtain thee for a possession that shall not be taken away. Look upon us, O Lord, because we have left those related to us by ties of kindred, in order that we may be united in relationship to thee. Look upon us, O Lord, who have left our fathers and mothers and providers, that we behold thy father, and be satisfied with his divine nourishment. Look upon us, O Lord because for thy sake we left our bodily wives and our earthly fruit, in order that we may share in that true and lasting communion and bring forth true fruits, whose nature is from above, which no one can take from us, in which we abide and they abide with us."

62. When the apostle Judas Thomas was preaching in India the word of God, a commander of King Misdai (Masdai) came to him, and said to him, "I have heard of thee that thou dost receive no