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²⁵For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm?

¹²But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.

³³Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.

⁹For those who want to become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many useless and harmful desires, which submerge men in destruction and in perdition.

⁴Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.

¹⁶For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

⁴⁴How are you able to believe, you who accept glory from one another and yet do not seek the glory that is from God alone?

¹Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members? ²You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.

³Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.

²⁰And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,

²You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.

²⁶For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

¹⁶Be of the same mind toward one another: not savoring what is exalted, but consenting in humility. Do not choose to seem wise to yourself.

⁸Again, the devil took him up, onto a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, ⁹and said to him, “All these things I will give to you, if you will fall down and adore me.” ¹⁰Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan. For it has been written: ‘You shall adore the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ”

⁵Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems. ⁶And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues, ⁷and greetings in the marketplace, and to be called Master by men.

⁸But to those who are contentious and who do not acquiesce to the truth, but instead trust in iniquity, he will render wrath and indignation.

²⁴Let no one seek for himself, but for others.