⁴⁴ But I say to you, ^(A)Love your enemies and ^(B)pray for those who persecute you,

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

^19 (A)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ^(B)moth and rust^[a] destroy and where thieves ^(C)break in and steal,

^24 (A)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ^(B)money.^[a]

Judging Others

7 ^(A)“Judge not, that you be not judged.

¹⁷ And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ^(A)I came not to call the righteous, ^(B)but sinners.”

³⁴ And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^(A)deny himself and ^(B)take up his cross and follow me.

¹⁵ And he said to them, ^(A)“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(A)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^(B)have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(C)has eternal life, and ^(D)I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(E)abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As ^(F)the living Father ^(G)sent me, and ^(H)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58 (I)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread^[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ Jesus^[b] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught ^(J)at Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

^60 (K)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(L)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? ⁶² Then what if you were to see ^(M)the Son of Man ^(N)ascending to ^(O)where he was before? ^63 (P)It is the Spirit who gives life; ^(Q)the flesh is no help at all. ^(R)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But ^(S)there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus ^(T)knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ^(U)who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he said, “This is why I told you ^(V)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

^66 (W)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(X)the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(Y)the words of eternal life,