- For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
- Commit your way to the Lord;
place your trust in him, and he will act.
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
and the justice of your cause, like the noonday. - And not only that, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we realize that suffering develops perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and character produces hope.
- Pay to each person what is rightfully his—taxes to the one to whom taxes are due, tolls to the one to whom tolls are due, respect to the one to whom respect is due, honor to the one to whom honor is due.
- Brethren, if anyone is detected committing a transgression, you who are spiritual must set him right in a spirit of gentleness. Meanwhile, you should take care so that you yourselves are not tempted.
- Remember this, my beloved brethren: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to anger.
- Jesus then said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
- I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
- For the Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost.
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- The Lord is near to all who call out to him,
to all who call out to him sincerely. - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring the good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to prisoners
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free. - It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to place your trust in mortals. - And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do as much.
- In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- If he refuses to listen to them, report it to the Church. And if he refuses to listen to the Church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
- Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them.
- Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
- There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to pass judgment on a neighbor?
- Take heed to follow the commandments and the laws that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you: to love the Lord, your God, and to walk in his ways and to observe his commandments, holding fast to him and serving him with all your heart and all your soul.
- The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me
because the Lord has anointed me.
He has sent me to announce good news to the oppressed,
to strengthen the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom to those held in captivity
and release to those who have been imprisoned. - However, to those who did accept him
and who believed in his name
he granted the power to become children of God. - Behold, we are now going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life.
- To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. - He gives strength to the weary
and new vigor to those who are powerless.
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