“‘If you can’?” said Jesus.
“Everything is possible for one who believes.”
Behold, I am with you
and will keep you wherever you go,
and will bring you back to this land.
For I will not leave you
until I have done what
I have promised you.”
What good will it be
for someone to gain the whole world,
yet forfeit their soul?
Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
But remember the Lord your God,
for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,
and so confirms his covenant,
which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
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.
This is the message
we have heard from him
and declare to you:
God is light;
in him there is no darkness at all.
13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
Jesus replied:
“‘Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind.
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
19“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moths and vermin destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where moths and vermin do not destroy,
and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
“You are the light of the world.
A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.
Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
“I have told you these things,
so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart!
I have overcome the world.”
and to make it your ambition
to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business
and work with your hands,
just as we told you,
He has made everything
beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity
in the human heart;
yet no one can fathom
what God has done
from beginning to end.
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him
must believe that he exists
and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.