These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
For it will not be you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks within you.
So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in Heaven that not one of these lowly ones should be lost.
And, if you show courtesy to your brothers only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do this!
Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.
All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Do not imitate them; for God, your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.
And you--do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
No, seek his Kingdom, and these things shall be added for you.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
"Do not hold me," Jesus said; "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my Brothers, and tell them that I am ascending to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."
This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I say to you and urge upon you: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,
And not for the mere gratification of his passions, like the Gentiles who know nothing of God;