<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, &#8220;How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!&#8221;

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered them, &#8220;Those who are well don&#8217;t need a physician, but those who are sick do.<n id="2" />

When Jesus noticed this,<n id="1" /> he said, &#8220;How hard<n id="2" /> it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!<n id="3" />

praising God and having the good will<n id="1" /> of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day<n id="2" /> those who were being saved.p>

For whenever the Gentiles,<n id="1" /> who do not have the law, do by nature<n id="2" /> the things required by the law,<n id="3" /> these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in<n id="1" /> what has been written, &#8220;<b><i>I believed; therefore I spokei>b>,&#8221;<n id="2" /> we also believe, therefore we also speak.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves<n id="1" /> from everything that could defile the body<n id="2" /> and the spirit, and thus accomplish<n id="3" /> holiness out of reverence for God.<n id="4" />

And God is able to make all grace overflow<n id="1" /> to you so that because you have enough<n id="2" /> of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow<n id="3" /> in every good work.

complete my joy and be of the same mind,<n id="1" /> by having the same love, being united in spirit,<n id="2" /> and having one purpose.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now we do not want you to be uninformed,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> about those who are asleep,<n id="3" /> so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

Yet do it with courtesy and respect,<n id="1" /> keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.<n id="2" />

Then<n id="1" /> large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They<n id="2" /> laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

When Jesus heard this he said to them, &#8220;Those who are healthy don&#8217;t need a physician, but those who are sick do.<n id="1" /> I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.&#8221;p>

Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,<n id="1" /> groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption,<n id="2" /> the redemption of our bodies.<n id="3" />

Nor do we boast beyond certain limits<n id="1" /> in the work<n id="2" /> done by others, but we hope<n id="3" /> that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded<n id="4" /> among you according to our limits,<n id="5" />

that you were at that time without the Messiah,<n id="1" /> alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise,<n id="2" /> having no hope and without God in the world.

But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect<n id="1" /> because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.<n id="2" />p><t /><p class="bodytext">Teach them and exhort them about these things.<n id="3" />

For though you should in fact be teachers by this time,<n id="1" /> you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God&#8217;s utterances.<n id="2" /> You have gone back to needing<n id="3" /> milk, not<n id="4" /> solid food.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,<n id="1" /> we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

and maintain good conduct<n id="1" /> among the non-Christians,<n id="2" /> so that though<n id="3" /> they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.<n id="4" />p>