And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

pagans make food and drink their aim in life, but your Father knows quite well you need that;

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them--do you think that they were sinners worse than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

At the same time, some of the Pharisees came to him, and said, get away, retire from hence, for Herod designs to take away your life.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

The younger one said to his father, 'Father, [please] give me my share of your property that I have coming.' So, the father divided up what he had to live on [with his two sons].

A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.

for he would have been contented to have liv'd upon the carruways, with which they usually fed the swine: but nobody would supply him.

for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

Pay attention to yourselves! "If your brother sins, rebuke him [i.e., show him where he is wrong in hope of effecting a change]; and if he repents [i.e., changes his heart and life], forgive him.

And as He entered a certain village, He was met by ten men with infectious skin diseases, who were standing some distance away [Note: Restrictions in the Jewish law prevented contact with persons having infectious diseases. See Lev. 13:45ff],

And when Jesus saw them, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." [See Lev. 13:49; 14:2ff]. And it happened, as they went [along], that they were healed.

Bear in mind the wife of Lot! Whosoever shall seek to make his life his own, shall lose it,

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

They will scourge Him and put Him to death, and on the third day He will rise to life again."

But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."

Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leading men.

"Then the owner of the vineyard said, "What should I do? I'll send my son whom I love. Maybe they'll respect him.'

And Jesus said to them, "The people of this age [i.e., who live on earth] marry and are given away in marriage,

but those who are judged worthy to attain that life, and the resurrection of the dead, neither marry nor are married;

But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

for they all put in gifts from their abundance; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

By your [patient] endurance [empowered by the Holy Spirit] you will gain your souls.

as soon as they put out leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is near.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth.

And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

And a love of strife was in them, which of them thinks to be the greater.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

Then Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise [Note: This is a place in God's presence, referred to as "the third heaven" (II Cor. 12:2-4), and where overcomers will be able to eat from "the tree of life" (Rev. 2:7)]."

He is not here. He has come back to life. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,

The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

And one of them answered, whose name was Cleopas, and said to him, Do you live alone at Jerusalem and not know the things which have occurred in it in these days?

And it happened that as He reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

"Yes, it is true: the Master has come back to life. He has been seen by Simon."

And, they, went on to relate the things, that had passed on the journey, and how he was made known unto them in the breaking of the loaf.

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

And [the need for] a change of heart and life in order to receive the forgiveness of sins [from God] will be preached in Jesus' name [i.e., by His authority] to people of all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

This was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and descendants of Levi to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, What do you seek? They said to Him, Rabbi (which is called, being translated, Teacher), where do you live?

His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Scriptures], “Zeal (love, concern) for Your house [and its honor] will consume Me.”

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed;

But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Jesus answered and said unto her, "If thou knowest the gift of God, and who it is, that sayeth to thee, 'Give me drink': thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee water of life."

The woman said unto him, "Sir, thou hast no thing to draw it withal, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that water of life?

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Jesus saith to him, 'Be going on; thy son doth live.' And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on,

and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying -- 'Thy child doth live;'

then the father knew that it was in that hour in which Jesus said to him -- 'Thy son doth live,' and he himself believed, and his whole house;

for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.

For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

I receive not honour from men, But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

Then they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets from the live barley loaves, which remained to those having eaten.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Then said Jesus, "What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven ??33 for the bread of God is what comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

Then said they to him, Lord, ever give us this bread. And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but that I [give new life and] raise it up at the last day.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.