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DISCOURSE II.

1.

Give not the holy thing to the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before the swine, lest they tread them under their feet and turn and tear you.

To road of Gentiles go not, and to city of Samaritans enter not, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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And as ye go, proclaim, saying, 'the kingdom of "heaven" is near at hand'; heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; without price ye received, without price give.

2.

Provide not gold nor silver nor brass for your purses; nor scrip for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals nor a staff; for worthy is the worker of his food. And into whatsoever city or village ye enter, enquire who in it is worthy, and there remain until ye go out. And entering into the house salute it, and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it, and if the house be not worthy, let your peace turn to you again.

And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye come out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet; truly I say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judg ment than for that city. Behold I send you out as sheep

in the midst of wolves; be then prudent as serpents and harmless as doves.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; truly I say to you ye shall not finish the cities of Israel before the son of man shall come. The disciple is not above the teacher, nor the slave above his master. Enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher and the slave as his master; if they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the servants of the house! Fear them not therefore, for nothing is veiled which shall not be unveiled, and hidden which shall not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light, and what ye hear [spoken] into the ear, proclaim on the house tops.

And fear not those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But even the hairs of your heads are all numbered. Fear not therefore, you are are of more worth than many sparrows. Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in "heaven". And whoever shall deny me before men I also will deny him before my Father who is in "heaven".

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Think not I am come to send peace on the earth; I am come to send not peace but a sword. For I am come to divide man against his father and daughter against her mother, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man's enemies those of his own house. He who loves father or mother more than me is not

Micah vii. 6.

worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life shall lose it, and he who loses his life on account of me shall find it.

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He who receives you receives me and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a teacher in the name of1 a teacher shall obtain a teacher's reward; and he who receives a just man in the name of a just man shall obtain a just man's reward. And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he shall not lose his reward.

1. "In the name of " in all these clauses, may be translated, "because he is."

1.

To gaze on what did ye go out into the desert? The reeds shaken by the wind? But to see what did ye go out? A man robed in soft garments? see, those who wear soft garments are in the houses of kings. But to see what did ye go out? A teacher? Yea, I say to you and far more than a teacher. For this is he about whom it was written, "Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me.” Mal. iii. 1. Truly I say to you, there has not risen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist, but the least in the kingdom of "heaven" is greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of "heaven" is taken by force, and men of force seize on it. For all the prophets and the law gave religious teaching until the time of John; and if ye are willing to receive, he He that hath ears to hear let him Mal. iv. 5.

is Elias who is to come.

To what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and shouting to their companions and saying, 'we piped to you and ye did not dance, we dirged to you and ye did not strike yourselves [in token of mourning]. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'he hath a demon'; the son of man came eating and drinking and they say 'behold a man that is a

glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners'; and wisdom is justified by her works.

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Alas for thee Chorazin, alas for thee Bethsaida, for if there had been in Tyre and Sidon the powers there are in you, long since they had repented in sackcloth and ashes. Moreover I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And thou, Capharnaum, which art lifted up towards heaven, shalt be brought down to the grave, for if there had been in Sodom the powers there are in thee, it had remained to this day. Moreover I say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.

3.

I give glory to thee, oh Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes; yea, oh Father, for so was approval in thy sight. All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one recognises the son except the Father, nor does any one recognise the Father except the son and he to whom the son wills to reveal. Come to me all ye who toil and are burdened, and I will cause you to rest; take my yoke on you and learn of me; for I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls, for my yoke is useful and my burden light.

Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand; and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself, how then shall his kingdom stand? And if I in Beelzebul