And He was sayingto them, "Take carewhatyou listento. By your standardof measureit will be measuredto you; and more will be given you besides.
For thisreasonwe mustpaymuch closerattentionto what we have heard,sothat we do not drift away[from it].
"Sotake carehowyou listen;for whoeverhas,to him [more] shall be given;and whoeverdoes not have,evenwhathe thinkshe hasshall be taken awayfrom him."
"For in the wayyou judge,you will be judged;and by your standardof measure,it will be measuredto you.
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.
"My sheephearMy voice,and I knowthem, and they followMe;
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.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, an houris comingand nowis, whenthe deadwill hearthe voiceof the Sonof God,and thosewho hearwill live.
Thena cloudformed,overshadowingthem, and a voicecameout of the cloud,"Thisis My belovedSon,listento Him!"
"I haveothersheep,whichare not of thisfold;I mustbringthem also,and they will hearMy voice;and they will becomeoneflock[with] oneshepherd.
Beloved,do not believeeveryspirit,but testthe spiritsto see whetherthey are from God,becausemanyfalse prophetshave goneout into the world.
likenewbornbabies,longfor the puremilkof the word,sothat by it you may growin respectto salvation,
Thussaysthe LORD,"Takeheedfor yourselves,and do not carryany loadon the sabbathdayor bringanything in through the gatesof Jerusalem.
