Of wordly care. CHAP. VII. Of rash judgment. unto men to fast, but unto barns; yet your heavenly thy Father which is in secret: Father feedeth them. Are ye and thy Father which seeth not much better than they? in secret shall reward thee 27 Which of you by taking openly. thought can add one cubit unto his stature? d19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 622 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? p 31 Therefore take thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we no 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full drink? or, Wherewithal shall of darkness. If therefore the we be clothed? light that is in thee be dark-32 (For after all these ness, how great is that darkness! things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. t24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the d 33 But seek ye first the other; or else he will hold to kingdom of God, and his the one, and despise the righteousness; and all these other. Ye cannot serve God things shall be added unto and mammon. d 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into 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. p CHAP. VII. UDGE not, that ye be not Jjudged 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? S. MATTHEW. Of almsgiving and prayer. his sun to rise on the evil and which is in secret; and thy on the good, and sendeth rain Father which seeth in secret on the just and on the unjust. shall reward thee openly. 46 For if ye love them which p7 But when ye pray, use love you, what reward have not vain repetitions, as the ye? do not even the publi- heathen do: for they think cans the same? that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have 48 Be ye therefore per- need of, before ye ask him. fect, even as your Father d9 After this manner therewhich is in heaven is perfect. fore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hal P CHAP. VI. TAKE 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. d2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound 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, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 64 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. lowed 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. 614 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, 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 p5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. d17 But thou, when thou fast seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. do But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, est, anoint thine head, and and when thou hast shut thy wash thy face; door, pray to thy Father 18 That thou appear not CHAP. VII. Of rash judgment. Of wordly care. unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. d19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 622 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 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! barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is east into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? p 31 Therefore take thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? no 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need t24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will of all these things. hate the one, and love the d33 But seek ye first the other; or else he will hold to kingdom of God, and his the one, and despise the righteousness; and all these other. Ye cannot serve God things shall be added unto and mammon. d 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment? bar Beine the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into 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. p CHAP. VII. JUDGE not, that ye be not 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be jud 1 False prophets. Exhorteth to prayer. S. MATTHEW. and with what measure yeleven so to them: for this is mete, it shall be measured to the law and the prophets. : you again. d* 13 Enter ye in at the strait 3 And why beholdest thou gate:for wide is the gate, and the mote that is in thy bro- broad is the way, that leadther's eye, but considerest eth to destruction, and many not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? there be which go in thereat: d5 Thou hypocrite, first cast d7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: t8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. t 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and east into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. t 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? All If ye then, being evil, 22 Many will say to me in know how to give good gifts that day, Lord, Lord, have unto your children, how we not prophesied in thy much more shall your Father name? and in thy name have which is in heaven give good east out devils? and in thy things to them that ask him? name done many wonderful d* 12 Therefore all things works? whatsoever ye would that 23 And then will I profess men should Endeth his sermon. CHAP. VIII. Centurion's servant. you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a tes i 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will timony unto them. liken him unto a wise man, f5 And when Jesus was which built his house upon entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a cen a rock: 25 And the rain descend- turion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of ed, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell the palsy, grievously tornot: for it was founded upon mented. a rock. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, 26 And every one that I will come and heal him. heareth these sayings of c 8 The centurion answered mine, and doeth them not, and said, Lord, I am not shall be likened unto a fool- worthy that thou shouldst ish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. f28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. f CHAP. VIII. HEN hewas come down WH from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And, behold, there came a leperand worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. m3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. d 4 And Jesus saith unto him, come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. f10 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. t11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. m13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be |