⁵ Keep your life ^(A)free from love of money, and ^(B)be content with what you have, for he has said, ^(C)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

⁸ But ^(A)if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. ⁹ But ^(B)those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, ^(C)into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that ^(D)plunge people into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of ^(E)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

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,

^27 (A)Do not work for the food that perishes, but for ^(B)the food that endures to eternal life, which ^(C)the Son of Man will give to you. For on ^(D)him God the Father has ^(E)set his seal.”

^16 (A)Live in harmony with one another. ^(B)Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.^{[a] (C)}Never be wise in your own sight.