Sy. profitable. betterw for thee that thy one member perish, than that thy whole body fall into hell.y (30) And if 30 x Sy. and not. thy right hand make thee offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: because it is better for thee that Sy. Hoone of thy members perish, than that thy whole body fall into hell. a It hath been said, That if a man will put away his 31 wife, he must give her a writing of divorcement. (32) But I say to you, That whoever putteth away 32 his wife, except for the offence of whoredom, causeth her to commit adultery: and he that taketh the divorced woman, committeth adultery. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said to 33 the ancients, Thou shalt not be false in thy oaths; but thou shalt perform thine oaths to the Lord. (34) But I say to you, Swear not at all: not by 34 heaven, for it is the throne of God: (35) and not 35 by the earth, for it is the footstool under his feet: and likewise not by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. (36) Moreover, thou shalt not 36 swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair in it either black or white. (37) But let your 37 language be, Yes, yes; or No, no; for whatever is beyond these proceedeth from evil. Ye have heard that it hath been said: An eye 38 for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. (39) But I say 39 to you: Resist not evil; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. (40) And if one is disposed to sue thee and get 40 away thy coat, relinquish to him also thy cloak. (41) Whoever compelleth thee to go one mile, go 41 with him two. (42) Whoever demandeth of thee, 42 Sy. Halo give to him: and whoever wisheth to borrow of thee, deny him not. Sy. 2o, Gr. Xiruva. χιτῶνα. b Sy. Ye have heard that it hath been said:-Thou 43 shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy.b (44) But I say to you: Love your enemies; and 44 bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you: (45) that ye 45 may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous. (46) For, if 46 ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do this? (47) And if 47 ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that is not common? Do not even publicans do_this? 48 (48) Be ye therefore perfect; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. VI. Be cautious in your alms-giving, not to perform it before men, so that ye may be seen of them: otherwise, ye have no reward from your Father 2 who is in heaven. (2) Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpeta before Sy. a horn. thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their re3 ward. (3) But thou, when doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 (4) that thy alms may be in secret. And thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly. 5 b men. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be like the hypocrites, who are fond of standing up in the synagogues and at the corners of streets to pray, so that they may be seen by people.b Verily Sy. the sons of I say to you, They have gotten their reward. 6 (6) But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet and close the door, and pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in 7 secret, will reward thee openly. (7) And when ye pray, be not garrulouse like the heathen; for they Sy. expect to be heard for their abundance of words. paso 8 (8) Therefore, be not like them; for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before ye ask 9 him.d (9) In this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 10 name: (10) Thy kingdom come: Thy wille be 11 done; as in heaven, so on earth: (11) Give us 12 our needful bread, this day: (12) And forgive us 13 our debts, as we forgive our debtors: (13) And or, it. or, pleasure. Sy. Sold bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, for, might. 14 and the glory, for ever and ever: Amen. (14) For if ye forgive men their faults, your Father who is 15 in heaven will also forgive you. (15) But if ye shall not forgive men, your Father also forgiveth not you your faults. 16 And when ye fast, be not sad like the hypocrites. For they distort their faces, that they may be seen h or, light. 1 or, simple. 1 k Sy. lords. of men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, 19 heart also be. The lamph of the body is the eye. If therefore 22 thy eye shall be sound,i thy whole body will be luminous. (23) But if thy eye shall be diseased, 23 thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness! m or, and. No man can serve two masters:k for either he 24 will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot Sy. Hooo serve God and mammon. (25) Therefore I say to 25 you: Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink; nor about your body, how ye shall clothe yourselves. Is not the life more important than food, and the body than raiment? (26) Look at the birds of heaven; which 26 sow not, and reap not, and gather not into storehouses, butm your Father who is in heaven feedeth Are not ye more important than they? (27) And who of you that shall be anxious, can add 27 to his stature a cubit? (28) And about raiment, 28 why are ye anxious? Consider the lilies of the desert, in what manner they grow. They toil not; and they spin not. (29) Yet I say to you, that 29 not even Solomon in all his glory, was arrayedp like one of them. (30) And if God so clothe the 30 grass of the field, which exists to-day, and tomorrow falls into the oven, will he not much more [clothe] you, ye small in faith? (31) Therefore 31 be not anxious; nor say, What shall we eat, or Sy. Koos what shall we drink, or wherewith be clothed? (32) For, all these things the peopler of the world3 32 seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, Sy. Bo knoweth that all these things are needful to you. • or, the wild lilies. P Sy. clothed. 33 (33) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be 34 added to you. (34) Therefore be not anxious about the morrow: for the morrow hath its own anxieties. Sufficient for the day, is its own evil. VII. Judge not, that ye be not judged. (2) For with 2 the judgment that ye judge, ye shall be judged; and by the measure that ye measure, shall it be 3 measured to you. (3) And why observest thou the straw in thy brother's eye, and regardest not 4 the beam that is in thine own eye? (4) Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye; and lo! a beam is in thy 5 own eye. (5) Thou hypocrite; pluck first the beam from thy own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly, to pluck the straw out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not a holy thing to dogs: and cast not your pearls before swine; lest they tread them under their feet, and turn and lacerate you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given to you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 (8) For, every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, 9 it shall be opened. (9) For what man is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he 10 reach him a stone? (10) Or if he ask of him a 11 fish, will he reach him a serpent? (11) 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 them that ask him? 12 Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you; so also do ye to them: for this is the lawa 13 and the prophets. (13) Enter ye in by the strait gate; for wide is the gate and broad the way which leadeth to destruction;b and many are they 14 that walk in it. (14) How small the gate and straitened the way that leadeth to life, and few they who find it! 15 Beware of false prophets; who come to you in the garb of sheep, but internally they are rapacious 16 wolves. (16) And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; 17 or figs from thistles? (17) So every good tree e Sy. falleth. beareth good fruits; but a bad tree beareth bad fruits. (18) A good tree cannot bear bad fruits; 19 nor can a bad tree bear good fruits. (19) Every 19 tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consignede to the fire. (20) Wherefore, by their 20 fruits ye shall know them. Not whoever may say to me, My Lord, my 21 Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven: but dor, pleasure. he that doeth the willd of my Father who is in e f Sy. 1 1 Sy. or, streams, rivers. h Sy. Luoj i or, the fall. heaven. (22) Many will say to me in that day, 22 Every one therefore that heareth these my dis- 24 And so it was, that when Jesus had ended these 28 discourses, the multitudes were astonished at his kor, doctrine. teaching: (29) for he taught them as one having 29 authority; and not as their Scribes and Pharisees. And as he descended from the mountain, VIII great multitudes gathered around him. (2) And be- 2 hold, a leper came and worshipped him, and said: My Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (3) 3 And Jesus stretched forth his hand, touched him, and said: I will: be thou clean. And immediatelya his leprosy was cleansed. (4) And Jesus said 4 to him, See, thou tell no man: but go, show thyself to the priests, and present an oblationb as Moses enjoined, for a testimony to them. And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, and besought him, (6) and said: My Lord, my child lieth at home, and с 5 в |