Selections from The Gospels

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?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Matthew 6: 2.5-2/

‘You have heard that it was said,
‘Love your neighbour  and hate your enemy.’

But I tell you:
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?
Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others?
Do not even pagans do that?
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew .4-2/3- .4-2/8