And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.