28. But if God so clothes the grass in the field—which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow—then how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?
29. “So do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
30. For all the nations of the world strive after these things. But your Father knows that you need these things.
31. Instead, seek His kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.
32. Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father chose to give you the kingdom.
33. “Sell your possessions and do tzadakah. Make money pouches for yourselves that do not get old—a treasure in the heavens that never runs out, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
34. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35. “Have your belt strapped on and lamps burning.
36. Be like people waiting for their master to return from a wedding feast, so that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
37. “Happy are those slaves whose master finds them alert when he comes. Amen, I tell you, he will prepare himself and have them recline at table, and will come and serve them.
38. ”And if he comes in the second or even the third watch and finds them so, they will be happy.
39. But understand this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
40. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you don’t expect.”