in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

But Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'"

After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me."

Then Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there were a great number of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?"

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Woe to you who are full now, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

"But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts.

When they had nothing with which to pay him back, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?"

And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

And he answered, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"

And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Then he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about your body, what you will put on.

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his span of life?

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."

Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."

Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to him."

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

for these all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on."

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.