But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”