- When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
- And whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
- Do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
- The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life. - No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
- Hear, my child, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many. - A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. - Wealth is a ransom for a person's life,
but the poor get no threats. - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
- For, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
- For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
- Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life. - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long. - Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
- You have the fringe so that, when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and not follow the lust of your own heart and your own eyes.
- Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
- I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have given me life. - See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified; and on the third day he will be raised.
- Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
but one who rejects a rebuke goes astray. - For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
- As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God. - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
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