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Matthew 5

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But seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain, and having sat down, his disciples came to him;

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and, having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,

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Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.

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Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted.

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Blessed the meek, for *they* shall inherit the earth.

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Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for *they* shall be filled.

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Blessed the merciful, for *they* shall find mercy.

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Blessed the pure in heart, for *they* shall see God.

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Blessed the peace-makers, for *they* shall be called sons of God.

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Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.

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Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

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Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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*Ye* are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

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*Ye* are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

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Nor do [men] light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house.

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Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

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Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

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For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass.

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Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach [them], *he* shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

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For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

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Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the judgment.

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But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to [be called before] the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.

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If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,

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leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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Make friends with thine adverse party quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest some time the adverse party deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

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Verily I say to thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence till thou hast paid the last farthing.

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Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

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And if thy right hand be a snare to thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

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It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.

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But *I* say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery, and whosoever marries one that is put away commits adultery.

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Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn.

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But *I* say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is [the] throne of God;

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nor by the earth, because it is [the] footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is [the] city of the great King.

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Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

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But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.

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Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

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But *I* say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

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and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body coat, leave him thy cloak also.

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And whoever will compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

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To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.

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Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy.

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But *I* say unto you, Love your enemies, [bless those who curse you,] do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who [insult you and] persecute you,

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that ye may be [the] sons of your Father who is in [the] heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.

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For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

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And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?

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Be *ye* therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 6

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Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

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When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;

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so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

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And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

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Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.

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Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,

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let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;

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give us to-day our needed bread,

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and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,

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and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.

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For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you [yours],

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but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

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And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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But *thou*, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

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so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render [it] to thee.

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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

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but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;

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for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.

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The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:

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but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

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No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

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Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are *ye* not much more excellent than they?

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But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

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And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

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but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

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But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, will he not much rather you, O [ye] of little faith?

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Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

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for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

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But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

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Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day [is] its own evil.

Matthew 7

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Judge not, that ye may not be judged;

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for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.

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But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?

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Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?

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Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.

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Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.

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Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

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For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

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Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;

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and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?

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If therefore *ye*, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?

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Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.

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For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.

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But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.

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By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?

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So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.

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A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.

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Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

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By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.

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Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

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Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through *thy* name, and through *thy* name cast out demons, and through *thy* name done many works of power?

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and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.

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Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

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and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

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And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

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and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.

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And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his doctrine,

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for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.

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