But one [thing] is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek; that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey His temple.

Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

But in this let it not escape your notice, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.

And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by the mammon of unrighteousness, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal;

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupts, and where thieves do not dig through and steal.

Now all who believed were together, and they had all things in common,

and they were selling their possessions and goods, and were dividing them among all, to the degree that anyone had a need.

Nor was there anyone needy among them; for all who were owners of lands or houses were selling them, and were bringing the proceeds of the things which had been sold,

And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a Cyprian by nation,

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing,

storing up for yourselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, "Lord, I will follow You wherever You go."

Then He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

And another also said, "Lord, I will follow You, but first permit me to say farewell to those who are at my house."

Jesus said to him, "If you desire to be perfect, go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

Then Peter answered and said to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You. What then shall we have?"

So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the Regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.