8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.
7 Blessed [are] you{} who hunger now: for you{} will be filled.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so the things of God none knows, except the Spirit of God.
8 For my thoughts are not your{} thoughts, neither are your{} ways my ways, says Yahweh.
3 Commit your works to Yahweh, And your purposes will be established.
26 Make level the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, you have searched me, and known [me].
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought far off.
12 There is a way which seems right to a man; But its end are the ways of death.
13 Therefore girding up the loins of your{} mind, be sober and set your{} hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought to you{} at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1 I made a covenant with my eyes; How then should I look at a virgin?
25 But love your{} enemies, and do [them] good, and lend, never despairing; and your{} reward will be great, and you{} will be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
20 And he said, That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from inside, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22 greed, wickednesses, deceit, sexual immorality, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
23 all these evil things proceed from inside, and defile the man.
7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinks that he is wise among you{} in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you{}, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according to as God has dealt to each man a measure of faith.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
10 Now I urge you{}, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you{} speak the same thing and [that] there be no divisions among you{}; but [that] you{} are completely joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
21 to him [be] the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all the generations of forever and ever. Amen.
2 And don't be fashioned according to this age: but be transformed by the renewing of your{} mind, that you{} may prove what the will of God is--that [which is] good and acceptable and perfect.
1 In the mean time, when the tens of thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Take heed to yourselves [and stay away] from the leaven which is the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.
2 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed; and hid, that will not be known.
3 Therefore whatever you{+} have said in the darkness will be heard in the light; and what you{+} have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4 And I say to you{+} my friends, Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will warn you{+} whom you{+} will fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you{+}, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for $20? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
7 But the very hairs of your{+} head are all numbered. Don't be afraid: you{+} are of more value than many sparrows.
8 And I say to you{+}, Everyone who will confess me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God:
9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
10 And everyone who will speak a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him: but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you{+} before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you{+} will answer, or what you{+} will say:
12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you{+} in that very hour what you{+} ought to say.
13 And one out of the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.
14 But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you{+}?
15 And he said to them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all greed: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 and he reasoned to himself, saying, What shall I do, because I don't have a place to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there I will bestow all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 But God said to him, You foolish one, this [is] the night they demand back your soul from you; and the things which you have prepared, whose will they be?
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you{+}, Don't be anxious for [your{+}] life, what you{+} will eat; nor yet for [your{+}] body, what you{+} will put on.
23 For the life is more than the food, and the body than the clothing.
24 Consider the ravens, that they do not sow, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feeds them: of how much more value are you{+} than the birds!
25 And which of you{+} by being anxious can add a cubit to the measure of his life?
26 If then you{+} are not able to do even that which is least, why are you{+} anxious concerning the rest?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil, neither do they spin; yet I say to you{+}, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which today is [here], and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more [he will clothe] you{+}, O you{+} of little faith?
29 And don't you{+} seek what you{+} will eat, and what you{+} will drink, neither be{+} of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after: but your{+} Father knows that you{+} have need of these things.
31 Yet seek{+} his kingdom, and these things will be added to you{+}.
32 Don't be afraid, little flock; for it is your{+} Father's good pleasure to give you{+} the kingdom.
33 Sell that which you{+} have, and give alms; make for yourselves wallets which do not wear out, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief draws near, neither moth destroys.
34 For where your{+} treasure is, there will your{+} heart be also.
35 Let your{+} loins be girded about, and your{+} lamps burning;
36 and be{+} yourselves like men looking for their lord, when he will return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may right away open to him.
37 Blessed are those slaves, whom the lord when he comes will find watching: truly I say to you{+}, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and will come and serve them.
38 And if he will come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find [them] so, blessed are those [slaves].
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken through.
40 You{+} also be ready: for in an hour that you{+} do not think the Son of Man comes.
41 And Peter said, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
43 Blessed is that slave, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say to you{+}, that he will set him over all that he has.
45 But if that slave will say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and will begin to beat the male slaves and the female slaves, and to eat and drink, and to be drunk;
46 the lord of that slave will come in a day when he does not expect, and in an hour when he does not know, and will cut him apart, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
47 And that slave, who knew his lord's will, and did not make ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many [stripes];
48 but he who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few [stripes]. And to whomever much is given, of him will much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him they will ask the more.
49 I came to cast fire on the earth; and how I want that it were already kindled!
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am straitened until it is accomplished!
51 Do you{+} think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you{+}, No; but rather division:
52 for there will be from now on five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said to the multitudes also, When you{+} see the cloud rising in the west, right away you{+} say, There comes a shower; and so it comes to pass.
55 And when [you{+} see] a south wind blowing, you{+} say, There will be a scorching heat; and it comes to pass.
56 You{+} hypocrites, you{+} know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that you{+} don't know how to interpret this time?
57 And why even of yourselves don't you{+} judge what is right?
58 For as you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, on the way work hard to be released from him; lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge will deliver you to the officer, and the officer will cast you into prison.
59 I say to you, You will by no means come out from there, until you have paid the very last dollar.