So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things.

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

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

So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’

The disciples asked him, “Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

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