Study Desk

No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.

For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.

For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell!

"You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?

When you pray, don't babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they'll be heard for their many words.

And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]

"For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.

"Whenever you fast, don't be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They've got their reward!

"Don't collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don't break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

If that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won't He do much more for you—you of little faith?

For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.