27. For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? Is it not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth:
28. And you are they who have continued with me in my temptations:
29. And I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a kingdom;
30. That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31. And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.