If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched—

Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor,For yours is the kingdom of God.

And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”