Christ's sermon ST. MATTHEW, 6. on the mount. borrow of thee turn not thou thou shalt not be as the hypoaway. crites are: for they love to pray 43 Ye have heard that it standing in the synagogues hath been said, Thou shalt and in the corners of the love thy neighbour, and hate streets, that they may be seen thine enemy. of men. Verily I say unto you, 44 But I say unto you, Love They have their reward. your enemies, bless them that 6 But thou, when thou praycurse you, do good to them est, enter into thy closet, and that hate you, and pray for when thou hast shut thy door, them which despitefully use pray to thy Father which is in you, and persecute you; secret; and thy Father which 45 That ye may be the chil-seeth in secret shall reward dren of your Father which is thee openly. in heaven: for he maketh his 7 But when ye pray, use not sun to rise on the evil and on vain repetitions, as the heathe good, and sendeth rain on then do: for they think that the just and on the unjust. they shall be heard for their 46 For if ye love them which much speaking. love you, what reward have 8 Be not ye therefore like ye? do not even the publicans unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. TA CHAPTER 6. AKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a 14 For if ye forgive men their trumpet before thee, as the hy- trespasses, your heavenly Fapocrites do in the synagogues ther will also forgive you: and in the streets, that they 15 But if ye forgive not men may have glory of men. Verily their trespasses, neither will I say unto you, They have your Father forgive your trestheir reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, 16 Moreover when ye fast, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth : 4 That thine alms may be in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5 ¶ And when thou prayest, passes. 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 reward. 17 But thou, when thou fast Christ's sermon est, anoint thine wash thy face; ST. MATTHEW, 7. on the mount. head, and lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do 18 That thou appear not unto they spin: men to fast, but unto thy 29 And yet I say unto you, Father which is in secret: That even Solomon in all his and thy Father, which seeth glory was not arrayed like one in secret, shall reward thee of these. openly. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe 19 Lay not up for yourselves the grass of the field, which to treasures upon earth, where day is, and to morrow is cast moth and rust doth corrupt, into the oven, shall he not and where thieves break much more clothe you, O ye of through and steal: little faith? clothed? 20 But lay up for yourselves 31 Therefore take no thought, treasures in heaven, where saying, What shall we eat? neither moth nor rust doth or, What shall we drink? or, we be corrupt, and where thieves do Wherewithal shall not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God. and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. CHAPTER 7. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, 2 For with what judgment ye what ye shall eat, or what ye judge, ye shall be judged: and shall drink; nor yet for your with what measure ye mete, it body, what ye shall put on. shall be measured to you again. Is not the life more than meat, 3 And why beholdest thou the and the body than raiment ? mote that is in thy brother's 26 Behold the fowls of the eye, but considerest not the air for they sow not, neither beam that is in thine own do they reap, nor gather into eye? JUDGE not, that ye be not e judged. barns; yet your heavenly Fa- 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy ther feedeth them. Are ye not brother, Let me pull out the much better than they? mote out of thine eye; and, be27 Which of you by taking hold, a beam is in thine own thought can add one cubit eye? unto his stature? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out 28 And why take ye thought the beam out of thine own eye; for raiment ? Consider the and then shalt thou see clearly Christ's sermon ST. MATTHEW, 7. on the mount. to cast out the mote out of thy 18 A good tree cannot bring brother's eye. forth evil fruit, neither can a 6 Give not that which is corrupt tree bring forth good holy unto the dogs, neither fruit. cast ye your pearls before 19 Every tree that bringeth swine, lest they trample them not forth good fruit is hewn under their feet, and turn down, and cast into the fire. again and rend you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of 8 For every one that asketh heaven; but he that doeth the receiveth; and he that seeketh will of my Father which is in findeth; and to him that knock-heaven. eth it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 11 If ye then, being evil, 23 And then will I profess know how to give good gifts unto them, I never knew you: unto your children, how much depart from me, ye that work more shall your Father which iniquity. is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets. 24 ¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the 13 Enter ye in at the strait winds blew, and beat upon gate for wide is the gate, and that house; and it fell not: broad is the way, that leadeth for it was founded upon a to destruction, and many there rock. be which go in thereat: 26 And every one that hear14 Because strait is the gate, eth these sayings of mine, and and narrow is the way, which doeth them not, shall be lik leadeth unto life, and few ened unto a foolish man, which there be that find it. built his house upon the sand: 15 T Beware of false pro- 27 And the rain descended, phets, which come to you in and the floods came, and the sheep's clothing, but inwardly winds blew, and beat upon they are ravening wolves. that house; and it fell: and 16 Ye shall know them by great was the fall of it. their fruits. Do men gather 28 And it came to pass, when grapes of thorns, or figs of Jesus had ended these sayings, thistles? the people were astonished at his doctrine: 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but 29 For he taught them as one a corrupt tree bringeth forth having authority, and not as evil fruit. the scribes. Christ healeth ST. MATTHEW, 8. many diseased. CHAPTER 8. kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there WHEN he was come down shall be weeping and gnashing from the mountain, of teeth. great multitudes followed him. 13 And Jesus said unto the 2 And, behold, there came a thou hast believed, so be it centurion, Go thy way; and as leper and worshipped him, done unto thee. And his sersaying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou vant was healed in the selfcanst make me clean. same hour. 3 And Jesus put forth his 14 And when Jesus was hand, and touched him, say-come into Peter's house, he ing, I will; be thou clean. saw his wife's mother laid, And immediately his leprosy and sick of a fever. was cleansed. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testi- 16 When the even was come, they brought unto him that was many were possessed entered into Capernaum, there with devils: and he cast out came unto him a centurion, the spirits with his word, and beseeching him, healed all that were sick : mony unto them. 5 And when Jesus 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered 18 Now when Jesus saw and said, Lord, I am not great multitudes about him, worthy that thou shouldest he gave commandment to decome under my roof: but speak part unto the other side. the word only, and my servant 19 And a certain scribe came, shall be healed. and said unto him, Master, İ will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, 20 And Jesus saith unto him, Go, and he goeth; and to The foxes have holes, and the another, Come, and he cometh; birds of the air have nests; and to my servant, Do this, but the Son of man hath not and he doeth it. where to lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 22 But Jesus said unto him, 11 And I say unto you, That Follow me; and let the dead many shall come from the bury their dead. east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the king- followed him. dom of heaven. 23 ¶ And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples 24 And, behold, there arose 12 But the children of the a great tempest in the sea, Stilleth the tempest, ST. MATTHEW, 9. cureth the palsy. insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. CHAPTER 9. into his own city. AND he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came him, and awoke him, saying, 25 And his disciples came to Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, to him a man sick of the palsy, 2 And, behold, they brought Why are ye fearful, O ye of lying on a bed: and Jesus see Little faith? Then he arose, ing their faith said unto the and rebuked the winds and calm. the sea; and there was a great sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be for27 But the men marvelled, given thee. saying, What manner of man 3 And, behold, certain of the is this, that even the winds scribes said within themselves, and the sea obey him! This man blasphemeth. 28 And when he was come 4 And Jesus knowing their to the other side into the coun- thoughts said, Wherefore try of the Gergesenes, there think ye evil in your hearts? met him two possessed with 5 For whether is easier, to devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; that no man might pass by 6 But that ye may know that or to say, Arise, and walk? that way. 29 And, behold, they cried the Son of man hath power out, saying, What have we to on earth to forgive sins, (then do with thee, Jesus, thou Son saith he to the sick of the of God? art thou come hither palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, to torment us before the time? and go unto thine house. to his house. 7 And he arose, and departed 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. 8 But when the multitudes 31 So the devils besought glorified God, which had given saw it, they marvelled, and him, saying, If thou cast us such power unto men. out, suffer us to go away into 9 ¶ And as Jesus passed forth the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, named Matthew, sitting at the from thence, he saw a man, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the receipt of custom: and he saith herd of swine: and, behold, unto him, Follow me. And he the whole herd of swine ran arose, and followed him. violently down a steep place 10 T And it came to pass, as into the sea, and perished in Jesus sat at meat in the house, the waters. behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. |