Matt. v. 46. on the evil and on the good; and sendeth rain on For if ye love them which love have ye? you, what reward Christians are Luke vi. 32. for sinners also love those that love them : do not even the Publicans the same? Matt. v. 46. Luke vi. 33. Luke vi. 31. Luke vi. 35. Luke vi. 36. And if ye salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the Publicans so? And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest for he is kind unto the unthankful, and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is Matt. v. 48. Luke vi. 36. merciful, (and) Matt. v. 48. perfect. to do good to all men. Matt. vi. 1. Matt. vi. 2, Matt. vi. 3. Matt. vi. 4. Matt. vi. 5. Matt. vi. 6. Take heed that But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand That thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. * Or, with. Rom. xii. 8. not a trumpet + Or, cause to be sounded. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the How to pray. hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. s Eccl. vii. 14. t Luke xi. 2. u Mark xi. 25. How to fast. To lay uptrea But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as Matt. vi. 7. the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them; for your Matt. vi. 8. Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Fa- Matt. vi. 9. ther which art in heaven 48, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, Matt. vi. 10. as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our Matt. vi. 12. debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us Matt. vi. 13. from evil For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Matt. vi, 14. heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, nei- Matt. vi. 15 ther will your Father forgive your trespasses. Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypo- Matt. vi. 16. crites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, Matt. vi. 17. and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but un- Matt. vi. 18. to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth; Matt. vi. 19. sure in Hea- where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: ven. x Lukexii.23. 1 Tim. vi. 19. Christian sim. plicity enforc. ed. y Luke xi. 34. * But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, Matt. vi. 20. where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart Matt. vi, 21. be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore Matt. vi. 22. thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 48 Lightfoot and Schoetgen have shewn, at length, that the various clauses of the Lord's Prayer were similar to, and were probably borrowed from, various phrases used in the liturgical services of the Jews. Matt. vi. 23. Matt. vi. 24. Matt. vi. 25. Matt. vi. 26. Matt. vi. 27. Matt. vi. 28. Matt. vi. 29. Matt. vi. 30. Matt. vi. 31. Matt. vi. 32. Matt. vi. 33. Matt. vi. 34. Luke vi. 37. Luke vi. 38. 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? religion z No man can serve two masters: for either he Decision in will hate the one, and love the other; or else he enforced. will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. z Luke xvi. 13. Luke xii. 22. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought a Ps. lv. 22. for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 1 Pet. v. 7. drink; nor yet for your body, what shall put on. ye Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. 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? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 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. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; con- To judge no demn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with man. what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and Matt. vii. 2. with the same measure ye mete withal it shall be mea- Luke vi. 38. sured to you again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the Luke vi. 39. blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every Luke vi. 40. that is perfect shall be as his master. * Or, shall be one perfected as his master. Never to expose sacred And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy Luke vi. 41. brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own Matt. vii. 3. eye? or how Matt. vii. 4. canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me Luke vi, 42. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, Matt. vii. 6. things to con- neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. tempt. The efficacy of prayer. ye Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and Matt. vii. 7. b Mat. xxi. 22. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto Mark xi. 24. John xvi. 24. James i. 6. To enter in at the strait gate. you: For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he Matt. vii. 8. that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son Matt. vii. 9. ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? Matt. vii. 10. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good Matt. vii. 11. gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that Matt. vii. 12. men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the Matt. vii, 13. c Luke xiii. 24. gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: + Or, how. + Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the Matt. vii. 14. way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matt. vii. 15. Matt. vii. 16. Luke vi. 44. Matt. vii. 17. Matt. vii. 18. Matt. vii. 19. Luke vi. 45. Matt. vii. 20. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits: For every tree is known by his own fruit: for of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them: Luke vi. 45. for of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. Luke vi. 46. Matt. vii. 21. Matt. vii. 22. Matt. vii. 23. Matt. vii. 24. Luke vi. 47. Matt. vii. 24. Luke vi. 47. Luke vi. 48. Matt. vii. 24. Luke vi. 48. Matt. vii. 25. Luke vi. 48. Matt. vii. 25. Matt. vii, 26. To avoid false prophets. And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not To be doers of the things which I say? the word, and not hearers only. James i. 22. Not every one that saith unto me, d Lord, a Rom. ii. 13. Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never e Lukexiii. 17 knew you: depart from me, ye that work ini- f Ps. vi. 8. quity. Therefore, whosoever heareth, cometh to me, and heareth, these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will He is like unto a wise man, which built his house, the rain descended, and the floods came, and the the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of |