And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. What is the price of five sparrows - two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.įor My yoke is wholesome (useful, good - not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.Ĭome to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. You have heard the law that says, "Love your neighbor" and hate your enemy. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them.īlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,īlessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,īlessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me." Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. With roots that reach deep into the water. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.īut blessed are those who trust in the LordĪnd have made the Lord their hope and confidence. I will strengthen you, I will also help you, How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!įor they bring life to those who find them, The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
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