5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the 7 shut thy door, and pray to thy Father who is in Psa. xxxiv. 15. secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret will reward thee. And when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, Ecc. v. 2. as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will Luke xii. 30. 8 be heard because of their much speaking. There- 1 Kings xviii. 26. fore, be not like them; for your Father, before ye ask Him, knoweth what things ye need. After this manner therefore pray ye: 9 Our Father who art in heaven: Hallowed be 10 Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, II on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 12 daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we 13 also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation (a), but deliver us from evil (b). 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your 15 heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if ye forgive not men, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Verily, I say to you, they have their reward in 17 full. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy 18 head and wash thy face, that thou appear to fast, not to men but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret will reward thee. 19 (Luke xi. 2. Matt. xviii. 21. Eph. iv. 31. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon Pro. xxiii. 4. earth, where moth and rust consume, and where 20 thieves break through and steal; but lay up for Isa. xxxiii. 6. yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves 21 do not break through nor steal; for where thy treasure is, there also will thy heart be. (a) Or trial. (b) Or the evil one. Some MSS. add:-" For Thine are the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen." Luke xi. 34. Luke xvi. 13. 1 Cor. vii. 32. Job xxxviii. 41. Luke xxii. 25. Psa. xxxvii. 3. 1 Tim. iv. 8. Lev. xxv. 20. Deut. xxxiii. 25. Luke vi. 37. Jude i. 7. The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore 22 thine eye be sound, thy whole body will be full of light. But if thine eye be diseased, thy whole 23 body will be full of darkness. If then the light which is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters; for 24 either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will cling to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve GOD and mammon (a). Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for 25 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 a greater thing than the food, and the body than the raiment? Look at the 26 birds of the air; for they sow not, they neither reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not of much greater value than they? And which of you, by 27 being anxious, can add to his life one span? (b). And why are ye anxious about raiment? Con- 28 sider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say to you 29 that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if GOD so clothes 30 the grass of the field, which to-day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore 31 be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? for, after all these things the Gen- 32 tiles seek. For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek 33 ye first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you. There- 34 fore be not anxious as to the morrow, for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. For, with 1, 2 Judge not, that ye be not judged. what judgment ye judge, ye will be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it will be measured to you. And why regardest thou the splinter 3 which is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam which is in thine own eye? Or how 4 wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me take the (a) Or riches. (b) Or to his stature one cubit. splinter out of thine eye; and behold, the beam 5 is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take Gal. vi. 1. the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou Pro. ix. 7. wilt see clearly to take the splinter out of thy 6 7 brother's eye. Give not that which is holy to the dogs; neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; 8 for, every one who asketh receiveth; and he who seeketh findeth; and to him who knocketh 9 it will be opened. Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask for a loaf, will give him Io a stone, or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him II a serpent? If ye then who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him? I 2 13 All things therefore whatsoever ye would that Isa. lv. 6. Psa. lxxxi. 10. men should do to you, do ye even so to them; Lev. xix. 18. for this is the Law and the Prophets. Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate Luke xiii. 24. and broad is the way which leadeth to destruc tion, and many are those who go in thereat; 14 because narrow is the gate and straitened is the Matt. xx. 16. way which leadeth to life, and few are those who 15 find it. Beware of false prophets who come to you Deut. xiii. 1. clothed as sheep, but inwardly are ravening Acts xx. 29. 16 wolves. Ye will know them by their fruits. Matt. xii. 33. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from Luke vi. 43. 17 thistles? Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth 18 forth bad fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth 19 good fruit. Every tree which bringeth not Matt. iii. 10. forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the 20 fire. Therefore, by their fruits ye will know them. 21 Not every one who saith to me, "Lord, Lord," Matt. xxv. II. will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many in the great day will say to me, Lord, Lord, Num. xxiv. 4. Matt. xxv. 41. Psa. cxi. 10. Psa. xcii. 13. I Sam. ii. 30. 1 Cor. iii. 13. Jer. xxiii. 29. Mark i. 40. Matt. ix. 30. Luke vii. 2. Psa. x. 17. did we not prophesy by thy name? and by thy name cast out evil spirits? and by thy name do many mighty works? And then I will declare to 23 them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye who work iniquity. Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of 24 mine and doeth them, shall be likened to a prudent man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and 25 the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon the rock. And every one who heareth these sayings of 26 mine and doeth them not, will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and 27 the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it. AND when Jesus had ended these sayings, the 28 multitudes were astonished at his teaching; for 29 he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes. I WHEN he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And, behold, there 2 came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touching him, 3 said, I will it; be thou clean! And immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. And Jesus said to him, See that thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 4 6 7 8 AND when Jesus had entered Capernaum, 5 there came to him a centurion, beseeching him and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick with the palsy (a), grievously tormented. Jesus said to the centurion, I will go and cure him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant will be cured. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one, "Go," and he goeth; and to another, (a) Or paralysed. 9 ΙΟ "Come," and he cometh; and to my servant, "Do this," and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to those who followed, Verily, I say to you, With no one in Israel have I found so great a II faith. And I say to you, that many will come Matt. xv. 28. from the east and from the west, and will sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in 12 the kingdom of heaven; but the children of the Matt. xxi. 43. kingdom will be cast into the outer darkness: Matt. xiii. 42. there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way; 14 as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was cured in the selfsame hour. WHEN Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw Peter's wife's mother lying sick with a fever. Mark i. 30. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered to him. 16 When the evening had come, they brought to 17 cured all who were ill: that there might be ful- Isa. liii. 4. 18 19 NOW when Jesus saw a multitude about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side. And a certain scribe came and said to him, Luke ix. 57. Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou 20 goest. Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, 21 and the birds of the air have roosts; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head. Another of the disciples said to him, Lord, 1 Kings xix. 20. 22 suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead. a Mark iv. 37. 23 AND when he had entered the boat, his dis24 ciples followed him. And, lo, there arose great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep. 25 And they went to him and awoke him, saying, 26 Save, Lord: we perish! He said to them, Why are ye timid, O ye of little faith? Then he Job xxxviii. 11. |