^18 (A)Take care then how you hear, ^(B)for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

^12 (A)For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, ^(B)even what he has will be taken away.

²⁶ ‘I tell you that ^(A)to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

^23 (A)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” ²⁴ And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: ^(B)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. ^25 (C)For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

^29 (A)For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

^2 (A)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(B)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(C)that it may bear more fruit.

Warning Against Neglecting Salvation

2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

A Living Stone and a Holy People

2 ^(A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. ^2 (B)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^(C)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—