"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Behold my servant whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom my soul delights; I will breathe my spirit upon him, and he shall announce justice to the Gentiles.

Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;

But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

"But the seed sown in good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and makes now an hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty."

What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

"You blind guides! who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

"So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are the descendants of those who slew the prophets!

and he said to them. "My soul is an anguish, even unto death! Stay here, and keep watch with me."