I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> the master<n id="2" /> will put him in charge of all his possessions.

I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> the master<n id="2" /> will put him in charge of all his possessions.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves<n id="1" /> and entrusted his property to them.

When a strong man,<n id="1" /> fully armed, guards his own palace,<n id="2" /> his possessions are safe.<n id="3" />

and Joanna the wife of Cuza<n id="1" /> (Herod&#8217;s<n id="2" /> household manager),<n id="3" /> Susanna, and many others who provided for them<n id="4" /> out of their own resources.p>

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.<n id="1" />p>

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast,<n id="1" /> but do not have love, I receive no benefit.p>

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison,<n id="1" /> and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly<n id="2" /> had a better and lasting possession.

Jesus said to him, &#8220;If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money<n id="1" /> to the poor, and you will have treasure<n id="2" /> in heaven. Then come, follow me.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Watch out and guard yourself from<n id="2" /> all types of greed,<n id="3" /> because one&#8217;s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.&#8221;

Sell your possessions<n id="1" /> and give to the poor.<n id="2" /> Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out &#8211; a treasure in heaven<n id="3" /> that never decreases,<n id="4" /> where no thief approaches and no moth<n id="5" /> destroys.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> also said to the disciples, &#8220;There was a rich man who was informed of accusations<n id="2" /> that his manager<n id="3" /> was wasting<n id="4" /> his assets.

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, &#8220;Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give<n id="1" /> to the poor, and if<n id="2" /> I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!&#8221;