1. A MULTITUDE OF SINS

Above all, love each other deeply
Because love covers over a multitude of sins


2. PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

Do not give dogs
What is sacred
Do not cast your
Pearls before swine

If you do
They may trample them
Under their feet
And turn and
Tear you to pieces


3. ON THE ROCK

Everyone who hears my words
And puts them into practice
Is like a wise man
Who built his house on the rock

The rain came down
The streams rose
And the winds blew
And beat against that house
Yet it did not fall
Because it had its foundation
On the rock

But everyone who hears my words
And does not put them into practice
Is like a foolish man
Who built his house on sand

The rain came down
The streams rose
And the winds blew
And beat against that house
And it fell with a great crash


4. AWAY FROM ME

Not everyone who says to me
‘Lord, Lord’
Will enter the kingdom of heaven
But only the one who does
The will of my Father
Who is in heaven

Many will say to me
On that day
‘Lord, Lord, did we not
Prophesy in your name
And in your name
Drive out demons?'

Then I will tell them plainly
‘I never knew you
Away from me
You evildoers!’

Many will say to me
On that day
‘Lord, Lord, did we not
Prophesy in your name
And in your name
Drive out demons?'

Many will say to me
On that day
‘Lord, Lord, did we not
Prophesy in your name
And in your name
Perform many miracles?’


5. OVERCOME EVIL

Do not be overcome by evil
But overcome evil with good


6. IN FRONT OF OTHERS

Be careful not to practice
Your righteousness
In front of others
To be seen by them

If you do
You will have no reward
From your Father
In heaven


7. PLANK IN YOUR OWN EYE

Why do you look at
The speck of sawdust
In your brother’s eye
And pay no attention
To the plank in your own eye?

How can you say
To your brother
‘Let me take the speck
Out of your eye’
When all the time there is
A plank in your own eye?

You hypocrite
First take the plank
Out of your own eye
And then you will see clearly
To remove the speck
From your brother’s eye


8. EACH DAY HAS ENOUGH

Therefore I tell you
Do not worry about your life
What you will eat or drink
Or about your body
What you will wear

Is not life more than food
And the body more than clothes?

Can any one of you by worrying
Add a single hour to your life?
Do not worry about tomorrow
For tomorrow will worry about itself
Each day has enough
Trouble of its own


9. WALLOWING IN THE MUD

As a dog returns to its vomit
So fools repeat their folly
A sow that is washed returns
To her wallowing in the mud


10. IN DOING THIS

If your enemy is hungry
Feed him
If he is thirsty
Give him something to drink

In doing this
You will heap
Burning coals
On his head


11. PERFECT IN LOVE

God is love
Whoever lives in love
Lives in God
And God in them

This is how love is made
Complete among us
So that we will have confidence
On the day of judgment:
In this world we are like Jesus

There is no fear in love
But perfect love drives out fear
Because fear has to do
With punishment
The one who fears
Is not made perfect in love

We love because
He first loved us
Whoever claims to love God
Yet hates a brother or sister
Is a liar

For whoever does not
Love their brother and sister
Whom they have seen
Cannot love God
Whom they have not seen

And he has given us
This command:
Anyone who loves God
Must also love their
Brother and sister


12. FIRST WILL BE LAST

Many who are first
Will be last
And many who are last
Will be first


13. NOT YOUR OWN MOUTH

Let someone else praise you
And not your own mouth
A stranger
And not your own lips


14. INTO TEMPTATION

Watch and pray
So that you will not
Fall into temptation


15. THE MEASURE YOU USE

Do not judge
Or you too will be judged
For in the same way
You judge others
You will be judged
And with the measure you use
It will be measured to you


16. SEEK FIRST

Seek first his kingdom
And his righteousness