1. Van Gogh later added ‘Hetzelfde... over’ (The same... either).

2. John 4:24.

3. 1 John 2:17. Where Van Gogh wrote ‘heerlijkheid’ (glory), the Bible has ‘en haar begeerlijkheid’ (and the lust thereof).

4. Luke 10:42.

5. John 4:14.

6. Luke 12:21.

7. Cf. Matt. 5:3 and Luke 6:20.

8. Biblical.

9. Cf. Matt. 7:3-5 and Luke 6:41-42.

10. Cf. Matt. 6:22 and Luke 11:34.