For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: ‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

He said, “Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!