Then Herod saw the magicians had trifled with him, and he was furiously angry; he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and in all the neighbourhood who were two years old or under, calculating by the time he had ascertained from the magicians.

Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

Some other seeds fell on stony soil where they had not much earth, and shot up at once because they had no depth of soil;

Some other seeds fell on good soil and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirtyfold.

As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;

As for him who is sown 'on good soil,' that is the man who hears the word and understands it; he bears fruit, producing now a hundredfold, now sixty, and now thirtyfold."

when he finds a single pearl of high price, he is off to sell all he possesses and buy it.

What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

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

He replied, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

So off they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the boulder and setting the guard.