"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

For this nation's mind has grown dull, And they hear faintly with their ears, And they have shut their eyes, So as never to see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their minds, and turn back, And let me cure them!'

When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God,"

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

Have I no right to do what I please with what is mine? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and one at your left, when you are king!"

He said to them, "Then what I drink you shall drink, but as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined by my Father."

Then the man went to the second son, and told him the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not!' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

And he said to him, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

"Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go??ustice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others.

The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'

And he took Peter and Zebedee's two sons with him, and he began to show grief and distress of mind.

His relatives heard of it and came over to stop him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

When they came to Jesus and found the demoniac sitting quietly with his clothes on and in his right mind??he same man who had been possessed by Legion??hey were frightened.

But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God,

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

but as for sitting at my right or at my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined."

I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea!' and has no doubt in his mind, but has faith that what he says will happen, shall have it.

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.'

and everyone who heard them kept them in mind, and said, "What is this child going to be?" For the Lord's hand was with him.

And he went back with them to Nazareth and obeyed them. And his mother treasured all these things up in her mind.

If anyone comes to me and listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, I will show you whom he is like.

And the people came out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man out of whom the demons had gone sitting there, at Jesus' feet, with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were frightened.

He answered, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, and your whole mind,' and 'your neighbor as you do yourself.' "

for a friend of mine has just come to my house after a journey, and I have nothing for him to eat,'

But alas for you Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny herb, and disregard justice and the love of God. But you should have observed these, without neglecting the others.

"If anyone comes to me without hating his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his very life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me made king over them, and slaughter them in my presence!' "

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine,

So at supper??he devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son??3 Jesus, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

I assure you, whoever welcomes any messenger of mine welcomes me and whoever welcomes me welcomes him who has sent me."

Anything you ask for as followers of mine I will grant, so that the Father may be honored through the Son.

No one who does not love me will observe my teaching, and yet the teaching you are listening to is not mine but is that of him who has sent me.

Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more.

When you are very fruitful and show yourselves to be disciples of mine, my Father is honored.

He will do honor to me, for he will take what is mine and communicate it to you.

All that the Father has belongs to me. That is why I said that he will take what is mine and communicate it to you.

I have a request to make for them. I make no request for the world, but only for those whom you have given me, for they are yours??10 all that is mine is yours and what is yours is mine??nd they have done me honor.

They were all devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, with the women and Mary, Jesus' mother, and his brothers.

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been recalled to mind by God.

where he stayed for three months. Just as he was going to sail for Syria, the Jews made a plot against him, and he made up his mind to return by way of Macedonia.

You know well enough that these hands of mine provided for my needs and my companions.

For this nation's mind has grown dull, And they hear faintly with their ears, And they have shut their eyes, So as never to see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their minds, and turn back, And let me cure them!" '

But, you say, if a falsehood of mine has brought great honor to God by bringing out his truthfulness, why am I tried for being a sinner?

Just as he says in Hosea, "I will call a people that was not mine, my people, And her who was not beloved, my beloved,

And in the very place where they were told, 'You are no people of mine,' They shall be called sons of the living God."

No! This is what it says: "God's message is close to you, on your lips and in your mind"??hat is, the message about faith that we preach.

For if with your lips you acknowledge the message that Jesus is Lord, and with your mind you believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

for God does not change his mind about those to whom he gives his blessings or sends his call.

You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is??hat is good, pleasing, and perfect.

One man thinks one day better than another, while another thinks them all alike. Everybody must be fully convinced in his own mind.

But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.

But, as the Scripture says, there are things "Which no eye ever saw and no ear ever heard, And never occurred to the human mind, Which God has provided for those who love him."

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is a dear child of mine, in the service of the Lord, and one on whom you can depend, and he will help you to keep in mind my methods in the service of Christ Jesus, which I follow everywhere in every church.

To those already married my instructions are??nd they are not mine, but the Lord's??hat a wife is not to separate from her husband.

If you were a slave when you were called, never mind. Even if you can gain your freedom, make the most of your present condition instead.

But a man who has definitely made up his mind, under no constraint of passion but with full self-control, and who has decided in his own mind to keep her as she is, will be doing what is right.

But I have not availed myself of any of these rights. And I am not writing this now so that I may become an illustration of this; I had rather die than do that. No one shall deprive me of this boast of mine.

For if I pray ecstatically, it is my spirit that prays, but my mind is helping nobody.

For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.

For I was in great trouble and distress of mind when I wrote you, and I shed many tears as I did it, yet it was not to hurt your feelings, but to make you realize the extraordinary affection I have for you.

But if anyone has hurt anybody's feelings, it is not so much mine, as yours, or at least those of some of you, not to be too hard upon you all.

but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

For if I was out of my senses, as they say, it was between God and me; and if I am in my right mind, it is for your good.

That is why I am so comforted. With all my own comfort, I was still more overjoyed at the gladness of Titus, for his mind has been set at rest by you all.

Everyone must give what he has made up his mind to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion; God loves a man who is glad to give.

By the truth of Christ that is in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced anywhere in Greece.

enlightening the eyes of your mind so that you may know what the hope is to which he calls you, and how gloriously rich his inheritance is among God's people,

So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

You must adopt a new attitude of mind,

Now, my brothers, goodbye, and the Lord be with you. I do not mind writing the same thing over and over to you; it is necessary for your safety.

No one can put you in the wrong by persisting in studied humility and the worship of angels, being absorbed in the visions he has seen, and groundlessly conceited over his mere human mind.

So when I could not bear it any longer, I made up my mind to stay behind alone at Athens,

in striving to live quietly and mind your own affairs, and work with your hands, as we directed you,

This greeting is in my own hand, Paul's; it is the mark in every letter of mine. This is the way I write.

For the message of God is a living and active force, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing through soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and keen in judging the thoughts and purposes of the mind.

I will also take care that after I am gone you will be able at any time to call these things to mind.

He who is victorious will be clothed thus, in white clothing, and I will not erase his name from the book of life, but I will acknowledge him as mine in the presence of my Father and his angels.

Because you have kept in mind the message of what I endured, I also will keep you safe in the time of testing that is going to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

Here is a problem for a profound mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated.