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

and He said to them: "Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe -- all the words of this law.

"For it [is] not a futile thing for you, because it [is] your life, and by this word you shall prolong [your] days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess."

So that you incline your ear to wisdom, [And] apply 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."

Then 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 fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily [to find out] whether these things were so.

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

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 is able 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 what he does.

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 provided?'

"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 have resolved 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 wonders in Your name?'

"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

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

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

There is a way [that seems] right to a man, But its end [is] the way 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 think soberly, 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 a fool 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 deceives his own heart, this one's religion [is] useless.