"How blessed are those who are pure in heart, because it is they who will see God!

Give to the person who asks you for something, and do not turn away from the person who wants to borrow something from you."

But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you.

Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the skins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

When the crop came up and bore grain, the weeds appeared, too.

After dismissing the crowds, he went up on a hillside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

Pray that it may not be in winter or on a Sabbath when you flee,

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all "the tribes of the land will mourn' when they see "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."

Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"