authorities thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or 37 black. But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: 1 Some and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one, ancient 38 Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an read, But 39 eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, your speech Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth shall be. thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Or, evil. 40 And if any man would go to law with thee, and as in ver. 39; take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. vi. 13. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, Or, evil. 42 go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not 4 Gr.impress. thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy 44 neighbour and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that per45 secute you; that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and 46 the unjust. For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans That is, 47 the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, collectors or what do ye more than others? do not even the Gen- renters of 48 tiles the same? Ye therefore shall be perfect, as taxes: and so your heavenly Father is perfect. 6 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received 3 their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not 4 thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have 6 received their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Roman elsewhere. 1 Some ancient read God Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gen-7 tiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not therefore like unto 8 them: for your Father knoweth what things ye authorities have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner 9 therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, your Father. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 10 2 Gr. our will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us this 11 coming day, day 2 our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as 12 or, our need- we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring us 13 not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your 14 heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye 15 forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your bread for the ful bread. 3 Or, evil. 4 Many authorities, Father forgive your trespasses. some ancient, Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, 16 but with of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, variations, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say add, For thine is the kingdom, and the unto you, They have received their reward. But power, and 5 Gr. dig through. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the 19 earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for 20 yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not 5 break through nor steal: for where thy treasure is, 21 there will thy heart be also. The lamp of the body 22 is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, 23 thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness! No man can serve two masters: for 24 either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other: Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I 25 say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? Be-26 hold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye 27 of much more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto 1 the 1Or, his 28 measure of his life? And why are ye anxious con- stature cerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his 30 glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he 31 not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall 32 we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth 33 that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all 34 these things shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 7 Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto 3 you. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam 4 that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine 5 eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall 9 be opened. Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a 1 Some ancient stone; or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a 10 serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give 11 good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? All things there- 12 fore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide l is the 13 gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruc authorities tion, and many are they that enter in thereby. omit is the gate. 2 Many ancient 2 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, 14 that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it. Beware of false prophets, that come to you in 15 authorities sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening read How wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do 16 narrow is the men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? gate, &c. Even so every good tree ringeth forth good fruit; 17 but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A 18 good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree 19 that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Therefore by their fruits ye 20 shall know them. Not every one that saith unto 21 me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that 22 day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy 3 Gr. powers. name do many mighty works? And then will 23 I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Every one there- 24 fore who heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: and the rain descended, 25 and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. And every one that heareth these 26 words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods 27 came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teach29 ing: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes. 8 And when he was come down from the mountain, 2 great multitudes followed him. And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straight4 way his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 5 And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching 6 him, and saying, Lord, my 1 servant lieth in the 1Or, boy 7 house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And he saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not 2 worthy that thou shouldest come under my 2 Gr. roof: but only say the word, and my servant sufficient. 9 shall be healed. For I also am a man under au- 3 Gr. with a word. authorities thority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Some Come, and he cometh; and to my 5 servant, Do this, ancient 10 and he doeth it. And when Jesus heard it, he mar- insert set: as velled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say in Luke vii. unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not 8. 11 in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall Gr. come from the east and the west, and shall sit down bondservant. with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the king-Many 12 dom of heaven: but the sons of the kingdom shall ancient be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be authorities 13 the weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus man in said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast Israel hare believed, so be it done unto thee. And the 1sery- I found so ant was healed in that hour. read With no great faith. 14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he "Gr. recline. 15 saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she 16 arose, and ministered unto him. And when even was 8 Or, come, they brought unto him many 8 possessed with demoniacs |