Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.

Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Many are the plans in the mind of a man.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Surely goodness and mercy[ shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.