Help or hinderance?
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. (Matthew 23, 13)
A tough and divisive hardliner
This is a hard saying; who can listen to it? (John 6: 60)
Being in good standing with God
Whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Matthew 23: 12)
Right priority
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart. (Matthew 22: 37)
Sacrilege invokes God’s anger
When the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. (Matthew 22: 11)
By next Sunday
So the last will be first, and the first last. (Matthew 20: 16)
What do you do with your monthly salary?
Only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19: 23)
A call that demands an answer
When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful. (Matthew 19: 22)
Proud, rich, and powerful
He has brought down rulers from their thrones. (Luke 1: 52)
Let yourself be cradled
For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. (Matthew 19,14)
No joking at all
What God has joined together, let no one separate. (Matthew 19: 6)
Forgive us our trespasses
How often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? (Matthew 18: 21)
