Some of the truths that Christ spoke were familiar to the people. They had heard them from the lips of priests and rulers, and from men of thought; but for all that, they were distinctively the thoughts of Christ. He had given them to men in trust, to be communicated to the world. On every occasion he proclaimed the particular truth he thought appropriate for the needs of his hearers, whether the ideas had been expressed before or not.

Nogle af de sandheder som Kristus talte om kendte folk til. De havde hørt dem fra præsterne og herskernes læber, og fra kloge mennesker; men i alt dette var Kristi tanker betegnende. Han havde givet dem til betroede mennesker, at viderebringe til verden. Ved enhver anledning proklamerede han den særlige sandhed han mente var passende for sine tilhøreres behov, uanset om tankerne var præsenteret tidligere eller ikke.