For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.

Luke 13:18-21

Luke 13:18-21 NIV

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.” Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

pray continually,