He doesn't cheat or rob anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security; he feeds the hungry and gives clothing to the naked.

"Not everyone who calls me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.

Then I will say to them, 'I never knew you. Get away from me, you wicked people!'

The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.

The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, the wind blew hard against that house, and it fell. And what a terrible fall that was!"

But Jesus answered, "Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!

And you are my friends if you do what I command you.

Put into practice what you learned and received from me, both from my words and from my actions. And the God who gives us peace will be with you.

So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead.

We receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

Happy are those who wash their robes clean and so have the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life and to go through the gates into the city.

He doesn't worship the idols of the Israelites or eat the sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines. He doesn't seduce another man's wife or have intercourse with a woman during her period.

He doesn't worship the idols of the Israelites or eat the sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines. He doesn't seduce another man's wife

The prophet answered, "Even if you gave me half of your wealth, I would not go with you or eat or drink anything with you.

Instead, you returned and ate a meal in a place he had ordered you not to eat in. Because of this you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in your family grave."