My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,
My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands;
To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;
Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding;
My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you.
Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.
I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.
But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
“Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”
Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.
So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice?
Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, But a companion of gluttons shames his father.