"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." (Matthew 5:6)

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it." (Matthew 13:45-46)

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20)

". . . You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." (Luke 10,27)

"Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!" (Luke 11,28)

"For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing." (Luke 12:23)

"You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." (Luke 12:40)

"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." (John 3:17)

". . . whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." (John 4:14)

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" (John 7:38)

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)

"I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live." (John 11:25)

"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)

"If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." (John 15:7)

"You are my friends if you do what I command you." (John 15:14)