They went into the house, and when they saw the child with his mother Mary, they knelt down and worshiped him. They brought out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and presented them to him.

Mary arrived where Jesus was, and as soon as she saw him, she fell at his feet. "Lord," she said, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"

As Peter was about to go in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and bowed down before him.

But Peter made him rise. "Stand up," he said, "I myself am only a man."

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the first and the last.

I, John, have heard and seen all these things. And when I finished hearing and seeing them, I fell down at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things, and I was about to worship him.

But he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all those who obey the words in this book. Worship God!"

They said to Moses, "If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die."

Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"

So the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who can stand before the LORD, this holy God? Where can we send him to get him away from us?"

Then David was afraid of the LORD and said, "How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?"

She said to Elijah, "Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?"

What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete---as complete as God's knowledge of me.

Then the angel, who looked like a human being, reached out and touched my lips. I said to him, "Sir, this vision makes me so weak that I can't stop trembling.

I am like a slave standing before his master. How can I talk to you? I have no strength or breath left in me."

When the disciples heard the voice, they were so terrified that they threw themselves face downward on the ground.

(SEE 40:3)

In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

I said, "There is no hope for me! I am doomed because every word that passes my lips is sinful, and I live among a people whose every word is sinful. And yet, with my own eyes I have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

"Oh no, sir," answered the officer. "I do not deserve to have you come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.