And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." And arising, he followed Him.

nor covetous, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor abusive people, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

The rich and the poor meet together, but the Lord made them both.

And if you should lend money to your poor brother who is among you, you shall not be hard upon him- you shall not charge interest from him.

And if you take your neighbor's garment for a pledge, you shall restore it to him before sunset.

And if your brother who is with you should become poor, and he fail in resources with you, you shall help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and your brother shall live with you.

You shall not lend your money to him at interest, and you shall not lend your meat to him to be returned with increase.

And now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brothers, our children [are] as their children. Yet behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved; and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards [belong] to the nobles.

And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what you demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly,

Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

so that you may prove to be sons of your Father in heaven; because He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

And you [He made alive], being dead in transgressions and sins,