And He was sayingto them, "Take carewhatyou listento. By your standardof measureit will be measuredto you; and more will be given you besides.
Ceaselistening,my son,to discipline,[And you will] strayfrom the wordsof knowledge.
"Inclineyour earand cometo Me. Listen,that you may live;And I will makean everlastingcovenantwith you, [According to] the faithfulmerciesshown to David.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Takeheedfor yourselves,and do not carryany loadon the sabbathdayor bringanything in through the gatesof Jerusalem.
"For in the wayyou judge,you will be judged;and by your standardof measure,it will be measuredto you.
Thena cloudformed,overshadowingthem, and a voicecameout of the cloud,"Thisis My belovedSon,listento Him!"
"Sotake carehowyou listen;for whoeverhas,to him [more] shall be given;and whoeverdoes not have,evenwhathe thinkshe hasshall be taken awayfrom him."
"I haveothersheep,whichare not of thisfold;I mustbringthem also,and they will hearMy voice;and they will becomeoneflock[with] oneshepherd.
"My sheephearMy voice,and I knowthem, and they followMe;
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, an houris comingand nowis, whenthe deadwill hearthe voiceof the Sonof God,and thosewho hearwill live.
Nowthesewere more noble-mindedthan thosein Thessalonica,for they receivedthe wordwith greateagerness,examiningthe Scripturesdaily[to see] whetherthese thingswere so.
Nowthis[I say], he who sowssparinglywill alsoreapsparingly,and he who sowsbountifullywill alsoreapbountifully.
For thisreasonwe mustpaymuch closerattentionto what we have heard,sothat we do not drift away[from it].
likenewbornbabies,longfor the puremilkof the word,sothat by it you may growin respectto salvation,
Beloved,do not believeeveryspirit,but testthe spiritsto see whetherthey are from God,becausemanyfalse prophetshave goneout into the world.
