And added to them:
Repent
“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17).
- Rejoice
“Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:11)
- Let Your Light Shine
“Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father” (Matthew 5:16).
- Be Reconciled
“Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” (Matthew 5:23–25).
- Keep Your Word
“Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the evil one.” (Matthew 5:37).
- Turn your cheek
“But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow. (Matthew 5:38–42).
- Love Your Enemies
“But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. (Matthew 5:44–46).
- Be Perfect
“So be perfect,* just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48).
- Practice private Disciplines
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them.” (Matthew 6:1–18).
- Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” (Matthew 6:19–21).
- Seek God’s Kingdom
“But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.” (Matthew 6:33).
- Stop Judging
““Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:1–3).
- Do not give what is holy to dogs
““Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.” (Matthew 7:6).
- Ask, Seek, Knock
““Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7).
- Do Unto Others
““Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12).
- Choose the Narrow Way
““Enter through the narrow gate;* for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.” (Matthew 7:13).
- Beware of False Prophets
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.” (Matthew 7:15).
- Pray for Laborers
“Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”(Matthew 9:37–38).
- Be Wise as Serpents
““Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” (Matthew 10:16).
- Fear Not
“And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” (Matthew 10:28).
- Take My Yoke
““Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” (Matthew 11:28–30).
- Honor Your Parents
“For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.” (Matthew 15:4).
- Deny Yourself & take up your cross
““If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23).
- Go to Offenders
““If your brother sins [against you], go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. (Matthew 18:15–17).
- Beware of greed
““Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” (Luke 12:15).
- Forgive Others
“Then Peter approaching asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.” (Matthew 18:21–22).
- Honor Marriage
“I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery.” (Matthew 19:9).
- Be a Servant
“Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.” (Matthew 20:26–28). "Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet," (John 13:14 NIV).
- Ask in Faith
“Jesus said to them in reply, “Amen, I say to you, if you have faith and do not waver, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done. Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.” (Matthew 21:21–22).
- Bring In the Poor
“But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and you will be blessed; for they cannot recompense you: for you will be recompensed at the resurrection of the just” (Luke 14:12–14).
- Render to Caesar
“At that he said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” (Matthew 22:21).
- Love the Lord
“He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. (Matthew 22:37–38).
- Love Your Neighbor
“The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets” (Matthew 22:39–40).
- Await My Return and be ready
“You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” (Luke 12:40 NIV)
- Be Born Again
“Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.” (John 3:5–7).
- Watch and Pray
“Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:41).
- Baptize My Disciples
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19–20).
- Don’t get angry
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, "Raca," is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, "You fool!" will be in danger of the fire of hell. (Matthew 5:21–22)
- Remain in Me and I will remain in you
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." (John 15:4)
41. Get rid of whatever causes you to sin"
"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part 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. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." (Matt 5:29-30)
42. Do Not Swear at All"
"But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yes; No: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." (Matt 5: 34-37)
43. This, then, is how you should pray"
"This, then, is how you should pray: " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.' (Matt 6:9-15).
44. Do not Worry about Your Needs or tomorrow
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matt 6:25-26 NIV)."Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own," (Matt 6:34).
45. Exercise Spiritual Power"
"He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness," (Matt 10:1).
"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give," (Matt 10:8).”
46. Have Complete Faith in God"
"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours," (Mark 11:22-24).
47. Do as the Good Samaritan Did"
"The expert in the law replied, 'The one who had mercy on him.' Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise," (Luke 10:30-37).
48. Love One Another"
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you," (John 15:12).
59. Do this in Remembrance of Me"
"And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you,'" (Luke 22:19-20).
50. Be Merciful"
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful," (Luke 6:36).
51. Welcome the Little ones
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven. (Matthew 18:10)
52 Lend without expecting to be paid back.
Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your
goods do not ask back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return;and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High.
For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. (Luke 6:30-35)
