THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. "hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute "you; that ye may be the children of "your Father which is in heaven: for "he maketh his sun to rise on the evil "and on the good, and sendeth rain on "the just and on the unjust. For if ye "love them which love you, what reward "have ye? do not even the publicans "the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? 66 "do not even the publicans so? Be ye 66 therefore perfect, even as your Father "which is in heaven is perfect. alms "Take heed that ye do not your "before men, to be seen of them: other"wise ye have no reward of your Father "which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a 66 66 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 "their reward. But when thou doest 66 66 alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father 66 which seeth in secret himself shall "reward thee openly. 'And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they 53 54 THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. "love to pray standing in the synagogues "and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I 66 say unto you, They have their reward. "But thou, when thou prayest, enter "into thy closet, and when thou hast "shut thy door, pray to thy Father "which is in secret; and thy Father "which seeth in secret shall reward "thee openly. 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 unto them: for "your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hal"lowed be thy name. Thy kingdom. come. Thy will be done in earth, as "it is in heaven. Give us this day our "daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us "from evil For thine is the kingdom, "and the power, and the glory, for ever. 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 66 THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. "Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : "for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily "I say unto you, They have their re"ward. But thou, when thou fastest, Ianoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, "but unto thy Father which is in secret: "and thy Father, which seeth in secret, "shall reward thee openly. 66 66 66 66 'Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break "through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where "neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, " and where thieves do not break through 66 nor steal for where your treasure is, "there will your heart be also. The "light of the body is the eye: if there"fore thine eye be single, thy whole "body shall be full of light. But if "thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall 66 'be full of darkness. If therefore the "light that is in thee be darkness, how 'great is that darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either he will 66 66 hate the one, and love the other; or "else he will hold to the one, and despise "the other. Ye cannot serve God and 55 56 THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 66 mammon. Therefore I say unto you, "Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall Is not the life more than 66 66 'put on. meat, and the body than raiment ? "Behold the fowls of the air: for they "sow not, neither do they reap, nor "gather into barns; yet your heavenly 'Father feedeth them. Are ye not "much better than they? Which of "you by taking thought can add one 66 cubit unto his stature? And why "take ye thought for raiment? Con"sider the lilies of the field, how they "grow; they toil not, neither do they spin and yet I say unto you, That 66 even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, "if God so clothe the grass of the field, "which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast "into the oven, shall he not much more 66 clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, "What shall we eat? or, What shall we "drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be "clothed? (for after all these things "do the Gentiles seek:) for your hea"venly Father knoweth that ye have "need of all these things. But seek ye "first the kingdom of God, and his THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. "righteousness; and all these things 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 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 again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, "but considerest not the beam that is "thine own eye? Or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out 66 66 the mote out of thine eye; and, be"hold, a beam is in thine own eye? "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam. out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 66 66 66 66 Give not that which is holy unto the "dogs, neither cast ye your pearls be"fore swine, lest they trample them "under their feet, and turn again and 66 rend you. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it "shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that 57 |