31 And it was said: his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. 32 But I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery.

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33 Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths. 34 But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is more than these comes of evil.

38 Ye heard that it was said:

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to him that asks of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.

48 Ye heard that it was said: neighbor, and shalt

Thou shalt love thy hate thine enemy.

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44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you; 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

V. 33. Or, by those of old

TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before

VI. men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward

with your Father who is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound 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 to you, they have in full their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does ; 4 that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee.

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5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

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'But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the earth.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors. 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad coun

V. 11. Or, our needful bread

V. 13. The words omitted are wanting in all the ancient copies.

tenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; 18 that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. in light

22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light; 23 but if thine eye be S evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that. is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other.. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.

25 For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 And which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor spin; 29 and I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith? 31 Take not thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewith shall we be clothed? 32 For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly

V. 27. Or, to his age

Father knows that ye have need of all these. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall be added to you. 84 Take not thought, therefore, for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

VII. 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 to you. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye? Hypocrite! first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

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

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? 12 Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

13 Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in thereat. 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to life, and few are they who find it. 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

V. 14. In some ancient copies: How strait.

16 Ye shall know them from their fruits. grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Do men gather 17 So every good

tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. 20 So then, from their fruits ye shall know them.

21 Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name do many miracles? 23 And then will I profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

24 Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 And every one who hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.

28 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching. 29 For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

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WHEN he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus says to him: See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest,

V. 24. In some ancient copies: my sayings