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goods

1 John 3:17 NRSV

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?

life

1 Timothy 2:2 NRSV

for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

Luke 8:14 NRSV

As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear; but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

2 Timothy 2:4 NRSV

No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier’s aim is to please the enlisting officer.

1 John 2:16 NRSV

for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.

live

Luke 21:4 NRSV

for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

she had to live on

Mark 12:44 NRSV

For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

wealth

Luke 15:12 NRSV

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them.

Luke 15:30 NRSV

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’