Faith without Works Is Dead

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you?¹⁵If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food,¹⁶and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill’, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?¹⁷So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. ¹⁸ But someone will say, ‘You have faith and I have works.’ Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

Blessings and Woes

²⁰ Then he looked up at his disciples and said:‘Blessed are you who are poor,   for yours is the kingdom of God.²¹ ‘Blessed are you who are hungry now,   for you will be filled.‘Blessed are you who weep now,   for you will laugh. ²² ‘Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.²³Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.²⁴ ‘But woe to you who are rich,   for you have received your consolation.²⁵ ‘Woe to you who are full now,   for you will be hungry.‘Woe to you who are laughing now,   for you will mourn and weep. ²⁶ ‘Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.