For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, for the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation.

Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.