"Blessed are the lowly in mind, for they will possess the land.

But whenever you, a follower of mine, do a deed of charity, never let your own left hand know what your right hand is doing,

But whenever you, follower of mine, pray, you must go to your most private place, shut the door, and pray to your Father in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

But whenever you, follower of mine, fast, perfume your head and wash your face,

And He asked her, "What do you want?" She answered Him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right and one at your left in your kingdom."

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

Then he came to the second and said the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not.' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'

So Jesus looked around at them in anger, because He was pained over their stubbornness of mind, and said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and his hand was cured.

When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had once been insane under the power of many demons, sitting, with his clothes on, and in his right mind, they were frightened.

"Whoever, as a disciple of mine, welcomes one little child like this, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not merely me but Him who sent me."

but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared."

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

Why is this privilege mine, to have the mother of my Lord come to me?

When His parents saw Him, they were utterly amazed, and yet His mother said to Him, "My child, why did you treat us so? Just see how your father and I, in agony of mind, have been searching for you!"

So the people went out to see what had taken place, and they went to Jesus and found the man out of whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, with his clothes on and in his right mind; and they were frightened.

Then 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 on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him to eat.'

But a curse on you Pharisees, because you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny garden herb, but neglect justice and the love of God! These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have neglected the former.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and still more, his own life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

Whoever does not persevere in carrying his own cross and thus following after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.

"Just so, no one of you who does not forsake everything that he has, can be a disciple of mine.

because this son of mine was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found!' So they began to celebrate.

But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me to become king over them and slay them in my presence!'"

Then He said to them, "O men sluggish in mind and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets have said!

It is the bridegroom who has the bride, but the bridegroom's friend, who stands outside and listens to him, is very happy to hear the bridegroom's voice. So this happiness of mine is running over.

Whoever does not really love me does not observe my teaching; and yet the teaching which you are listening to is not mine but comes from the Father who has sent me.

By your continuously bearing abundant fruit and in this way proving yourselves to be real disciples of mine, my Father is glorified.

Everything that the Father has is mine; this is why I have told you, 'He will take the things that are mine and tell them to you.'

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him a question, and so He said to them, "Are you inquiring of one another about this saying of mine, 'In just a little while you will not see me, and yet in just a little while after you will see me again'?

really, all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine -- and I have been glorified through them.

With one mind they were all continuing to devote themselves to prayer, with the women and Mary and His brothers.

When the day of Pentecost had now come, they were all meeting in one mind,

As the crowds continued to listen to his message and continued to see his wonder-works which he was performing, with one mind they became interested in what was said by Philip.

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the heathen and their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us by continuing to say, "If you have made up your mind that I am a real believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she continued to insist that we do so.

where he stayed three months. Just as he was about to sail for Syria, he changed his mind and returned by way of Macedonia, because a plot against him had been laid by the Jews.

You know yourselves that these hands of mine provided for my own needs and for my companions.

Then the colonel said, "I paid a large sum for this citizenship of mine." Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."

in other words, that we may be mutually encouraged, while I am with you, by one another's faith, yours and mine.

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 place where it was said, 'You are no people of mine,' they shall be called sons of the living God."

One man rates one day above another, another rates them all alike. Let every man be fully convinced in his own mind.

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is a dear child of mine and trustworthy in the Lord's work; he will call to your minds my methods in the work of Christ Jesus, just as I teach them everywhere in every church.

For if I pray in ecstasy, my spirit is praying, but my mind produces no results for anyone.

What is my conclusion then? I will certainly pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind in action too. I will certainly sing with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind in action too. For if you give thanks with your spirit only,

But in the public congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind in action, in order to instruct the people too, than ten thousand words in ecstasy.

The final greeting is mine -- Paul's -- with my own hand.

But I am keeping this jewel in an earthen jar, to prove that its surpassing power is God's, not mine.

I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters of mine,' The Lord Almighty said."

I wish you would now listen to a little folly of mine. Please do listen to me!

But the truth of Christ in me, this boasting of mine shall never be stopped in the boundaries of Greece.

And yet you know that it was because of an illness of mine that I preached the good news to you the first time,

But may it never be mine to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world!

and to have a new attitude of mind

Stop letting anyone, in gratuitous humility and worship of angels, defraud you as an umpire, for such a one is taking his stand on the mere visions he has seen, and is groundlessly conceited over his sensuous mind.

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

and perpetual friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth, who imagine that religion is only a means of gain.

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, these people resist the truth, for they are depraved in mind and so counterfeits in the faith.

You must have a turn of mind that is free from avarice; you must be content with what you have, for God Himself has said, "I will never fail you, I will never forsake you."

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have good deeds. Show me your faith without any good deeds, but I will show you mine by my good deeds."

Yes, I will be in earnest, so that every time you have occasion, after I have gone away, you may call these things to mind.

because you recognize this truth above all else, that no prophecy in Scripture is to be interpreted by one's own mind,

Whoever conquers will be clothed this way -- in white clothes -- and I will never blot his name out of the book of life, but I will own him as mine in the presence of my Father and His angels.

Here is scope for a mind that is packed with wisdom. The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman is seated.