And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord;

And Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil??o save a soul, or to destroy it?"

For whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it; but whosoever will lose his soul for My sake, the same shall save it.

And he, answering, said, "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."

On this account also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them will they slay, and some will they persecute;

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.'

But God said to him, 'Senseless one! this night they require your soul of you; and the things you prepared, whose shall they be?'

And He said to His disciples, "Therefore, I say to you, be not anxious for your soul, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on;

for the soul is more than the food; and the body, than the clothing.

Sell what ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses that grow not old, a treasure unfailing in Heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts;

Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them, suppose ye that they were offenders above all the men dwelling in Jerusalem?

"If any one comes to Me, and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, he cannot be My disciple.

Whosoever shall seek to gain his soul shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose it, will preserve it.

And Jesus, hearing it said to him, "Yet one thing is lacking to you; sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven, and come, follow Me."

But, these my enemies, who did not wish me to be king over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.'"

And, having thrust him forth out of the vineyard, they slew him. What, therefore, will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

And He said to them, "But now let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a wallet; and let him who has not a sword sell his garment, and buy one.

And He said to them, "O inconsiderate and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets spake!