sn35.245:8.1 Suppose there was a king’s frontier citadel with fortified embankments, ramparts, and arches, and six gates.
sn35.245:8.2 And it has a gatekeeper who is astute, competent, and intelligent. He keeps strangers out and lets known people in.
sn35.245:8.3 A swift pair of messengers would arrive from the east and say to the gatekeeper,
sn35.245:8.4 ‘Worthy man, where is the lord of the city?’
sn35.245:8.5 They’d say,
sn35.245:8.6 ‘There he is, sirs, seated at the central square.’
sn35.245:8.7 Then that swift pair of messengers would deliver a message of truth to the lord of the city and depart the way they came.
sn35.245:8.8 A swift pair of messengers would come from the west …
sn35.245:8.9 north …
sn35.245:8.10 south …
sn35.245:8.14 deliver a message of truth to the lord of the city and depart the way they came.