a man in authority compel your services for one 42 mile, go with him two. To him who asks of you, give; from him who would borrow of you, turn not away..

43 You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt 44 love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who harass and perse45 cute you; that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the bad and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

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For if you love those who love you, to what reward are you entitled? Do not even the tax47 gatherers the same? And if you salute your brethren only, what do you that is excellent? Do not even the heathen so?

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Be you, then, perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect.

TAKE care not to perform your good deeds to be seen by men; otherwise you have no 2 reward with your Father in heaven. When,

* See Leviticus xix. 18.

therefore, you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that men may give them honor. I tell you in truth, They have their reward. But when you give alms, let 3 not your left hand know what your right hand is doing; and your alms being in secret, your 4 Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you openly.

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AND when you pray, be not like the hypo- 5 crites, who are wont to stand praying in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, to be seen by men. I tell you in truth, They have their reward. But do you, when you pray, enter your closet, and having shut the door, pray to your Father who is with you in secret; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you openly.

And when you pray, do not use idle repe- 7 titions, as the heathen do; for they think they shall be heard for their abundance of words. Be not you, then, like them; for your Father 8 knows what you need before you ask him. ask him. Do 9 you, then, pray in this manner.

Ch. vi. 9-13. Compare Luke xi. 2-4.

Our Father in heaven, may thy name be 10 reverenced. May thy kingdom come. May thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our needful food. Forgive our offences, as we forgive those who offend 13 against us. Bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil.

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For if you forgive men their offences, your 15 heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you forgive not men their offences, your Father will not forgive your offences.

16 AND when you fast, do not, as the hypocrites, assume an appearance of mourning; for they hide their faces, that men may observe that they are fasting. I tell you in truth, They 17 have their reward. But when you fast, anoint 18 your head, and wash your face; that men may

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not see that you are fasting, but your Father who is with you in secret; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

LAY not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and worms consume, and where 20 thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither

moths nor worms consume, and where thieves do not break through and steal. For where 21 your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

THE eye is the lamp of the body; so that 22 if your eye be clear, your whole body will be enlightened; but if your eye be disordered, 23 your whole body will be in darkness. If, then, the light within you become dark, how great will be the darkness!

No man can be the servant of two masters; 24 for he will hate one and love the other, or he will attach himself to one, and neglect the other. You cannot be servants of God and of Mam

mon.

Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious about 25 the food necessary for life, nor the clothing necessary for the body.

Is not life a greater gift than food, and the body than its clothing? Look at the birds of 26 heaven; they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into storehouses; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you of far more value

Verses 25-33. Compare Luke xii. 22-31.

27 than they? And who of you, with all his anxiety, can add one cubit to his life?

28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field are flourish29 ing. They toil not, they spin not; but I tell you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was 30 arrayed like one of these. And if God so clothes the growth of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow will be thrown into an oven, will he not much more clothe you, distrustful men?

81 So then be not anxious, saying, What shall we have to eat? or, What shall we have to 32 drink? or, How shall we be clothed? about all which things the Gentiles are solicitous; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need 3 of them all but be, in the first place, solici

tous about the kingdom of God and the righteousness which he requires, and all these things 34 will be given you in addition. Be not, then,

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anxious about the morrow, for the morrow will care for itself. Enough for every day is its own evil.

CONDEMN not, lest you be condemned; for as 2 you judge others, you will yourselves be judged,