You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward."

The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'

Standing close to Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Then he said to the disciple, "She is your mother." From that time the disciple took her to live in his home.

But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to---if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

If you hurt others because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the person for whom Christ died!

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

But each one will be raised in proper order: Christ, first of all; then, at the time of his coming, those who belong to him.

You are looking at the outward appearance of things. Are there some there who reckon themselves to belong to Christ? Well, let them think again about themselves, because we belong to Christ just as much as they do.

If you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham and will receive what God has promised.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires.