Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.

and He said to them: Set your hearts on all the words which I am testifying against you today, that you command your children to take heed to do all the Words of this Law.

For these are not empty words to you, for it is your life; and by this Word you shall prolong your days in the land where you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.

so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and extend your heart to understanding;

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

And He said to them, Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.

So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things are so.

Therefore we need to more abundantly heed the things we have heard, so that they do not slip our minds.

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which has the power to save your souls.

For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in his deeds.

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,

For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

So he called him and said to him, What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.

I know what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many works of power in Your name?

And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who work out lawlessness!

If I were to speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

And if I were to bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I were to give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to understand with a sound mind, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.

And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so:

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but beguiles his own heart, this one's religion is vain.