Quotes About Priorities

But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ëI have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.í

Another said, ëI have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.í

Still another said, ëI have married a wife, so I cannot come.í

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

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

“Why wasnít this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.