1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. 3When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 4and he said to them,…

11Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. 12Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge. 13For the Lord’s sake accept the…

1   Ah, soiled, defiled,            oppressing city!  2  It has listened to no voice;            it has accepted no correction.       It has not trusted in the LORD;            it has not drawn near to its God. 3   The officials within it            are roaring lions;       its judges are evening wolves            that leave nothing until the morning.  4   Its prophets are reckless,            faithless persons; …

1   O LORD, remember in David’s favor            all the hardships he endured;  2   how he swore to the LORD            and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,  3   “I will not enter my house            or get into my bed;  4   I will not give sleep to my eyes            or slumber to my eyelids,  5   until I find a place for…

23Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25When the disciples…

1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. 2Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation — 3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious…

15  For the day of the LORD is near against all the nations.       As you have done, it shall be done to you;            your deeds shall return on your own head.  16  For as you have drunk on my holy mountain,            all the nations around you shall drink;       they shall drink and gulp down,            and shall be…

1   Transgression speaks to the wicked            deep in their hearts;       there is no fear of God            before their eyes.  2   For they flatter themselves in their own eyes            that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.  3   The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit;            they have ceased to act wisely and do good.  4   They plot…

13Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; 14but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven…

13Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. 14Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 15Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; 16for it…