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you, Resist not 1him that is evil: but whosoever 1Or, evil

smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him

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41 thy cloke also. And whosoever shall 2 compel Gr. impress. 42 thee to go one mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt 44 love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray 45 for them that persecute you; that ye may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. 46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the 47 same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the 48 Gentiles the same? Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father which is in heaven.

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, 3 They have received their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know 4 what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

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And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites for they love to stand and pray the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say

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unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine 6 inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee. And in praying use not vain repetitions, 7 as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be 8 1 Some ancient not therefore like unto them: for 1your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray 9 ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will 10 be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us 11 this day 2 our daily bread. And forgive us our 12 debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver 13 us from the evil one. For if ye forgive men 14 their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also some ancient, forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their 15 trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypo- 16 crites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure for ever. Amen. their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when thou 17 fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of 18 thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.

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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon 19 the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, 20 where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not "break through nor steal : for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart 21

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of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body 23 shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, 24 how great is the darkness! No man can serve two masters: for 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 25 and mammon. Therefore I 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 ? 26 Behold 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 of much more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add one 28 cubit unto his stature? And why are ye 'Or, age anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, 29 neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 30 like one of these. But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much 31 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 that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto 34 you. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with 1, 27 what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you. And why beholdest thou 3 the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me 4 cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, 5 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.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, 6 neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye 7 shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you for every one that asketh receiveth; and 8 he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there 9 of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; or if he shall ask for a 10 fish, will give him a serpent? If ye then, being 11 evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? All things therefore whatsoever 12 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 1is 13 the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many be they that enter in Many ancient thereby. 2 For narrow is the gate, and strait- 14 ened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few be narrow is the they that find it.

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in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening 16 wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do

men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth 18 evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good 19 fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the Therefore by their fruits ye shall know

20 fire. 21 them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my 22 Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out 'devils, and by thy name do many 2 mighty 1Gr. demons. 23 works? And then will I profess unto them, I Gr. powers. never knew you: depart from me, ye that work 24 iniquity. Every one therefore which heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, which built his house 25 upon the rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was 26 founded upon the rock. And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which 27 built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell : and great was the fall thereof.

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And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his 29 teaching for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

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And when he was come down from the 2 mountain, great multitudes followed him. And

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