"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."

Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.

And if you greet only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Truly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you."

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."

For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

So when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet; but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did the same to them.

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.

He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more.

So also, he who had the two talents gained two more.

So he who had received the five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents.'

He also who had received the two talents came and said, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents.'

For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard his blasphemy.

And he said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"