Lord, use your power and remove\par bad people from the \{land of\} the living.\par
Matthew 19:22 - Easy To Read Version But when the man heard this, he was very sad. The man was very rich \{and wanted to keep his money\}. So he left Jesus. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when the young man heard this, he went away sad (grieved and in much distress), for he had great possessions. American Standard Version (1901) But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions. Common English Bible But when the young man heard this, he went away saddened, because he had many possessions. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad: for he had great possessions. |
Lord, use your power and remove\par bad people from the \{land of\} the living.\par
So they come to you like they are my people. They sit in front of you like they are my people. They hear your words. But they won’t do the things you say. They only want to do what feels good. They only want to cheat people and make more money.
And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and love for money stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not make fruit {\cf2\super [184]} \{in that person’s life\}.
King Herod was very sad. But he had promised to give the daughter anything she wanted. And the people eating with Herod had heard his promise. So Herod ordered that the thing she asked be done.
It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, then go and sell all the things you own. Give the money to the poor people. If you do this, you will have a rich treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me!”
Then Jesus said to his followers, “I tell you the truth. It will be very hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.
“No person can serve two masters at the same time. He will hate one master and love the other master. Or he will follow one master and refuse to follow the other master. So you cannot serve God and Money {\cf2\super [81]} at the same time.
The man was very sorry to hear Jesus say this, and he left. The man was sad because he was very rich \{and wanted to keep his money\}.
King Herod {\cf2\super [77]} was very sad. But he had promised to give the girl anything she wanted. And the people eating there with Herod heard his promise. So Herod did not want to refuse the thing she asked for.
But when the man heard this, he was very sad. The man was very rich \{and wanted to keep his money.\}
I tell you the truth. You will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but your sadness will change to happiness.
You can be sure of this: No person will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God if that person does sexual sins, or does evil things, or is a person who always wants more and more for himself. A greedy person like that is serving a false god.
So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and selfishly wanting more and more. This wanting really means to live serving a false god.