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1 And see­ing the mul­ti­tudes, he went up into a moun­tain: and when he was set, his dis­ci­ples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, say­ing, 3 Blessed are the poor in spir­it: for theirs is the king­dom of heav­en. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com­fort­ed. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall in­her­it the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst af­ter righ­teous­ness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the mer­ci­ful: for they shall ob­tain mer­cy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peace­mak­ers: for they shall be called the chil­dren of God. 10 Blessed are they which are per­se­cut­ed for righ­teous­ness' sake: for theirs is the king­dom of heav­en. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall re­vile you, and per­se­cute you, and shall say all man­ner of evil against you false­ly, for my sake. 12 Re­joice, and be ex­ceed­ing glad: for great is your re­ward in heav­en: for so per­se­cut­ed they the prophets which were be­fore you. 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, where­with shall it be salt­ed? it is thence­forth good for noth­ing, but to be cast out, and to be trod­den un­der foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill can­not be hid. 15 Nei­ther do men light a can­dle, and put it un­der a bushel, but on a can­dle­stick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine be­fore men, that they may see your good works, and glo­ri­fy your Fa­ther which is in heav­en. 17 Think not that I am come to de­stroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to de­stroy, but to ful­fil. 18 For ver­i­ly I say unto you, Till heav­en and earth pass, one jot or one tit­tle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be ful­filled. 19 Whoso­ev­er there­fore shall break one of these least com­mand­ments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the king­dom of heav­en: but whoso­ev­er shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the king­dom of heav­en. 20 For I say unto you, That ex­cept your righ­teous­ness shall ex­ceed the righteousness of the scribes and Phar­isees, ye shall in no case en­ter into the king­dom of heav­en. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whoso­ev­er shall kill shall be in dan­ger of the judg­ment: 22 But I say unto you, That whoso­ev­er is an­gry with his broth­er with­out a cause shall be in dan­ger of the judg­ment: and whoso­ev­er shall say to his broth­er, Raca, shall be in dan­ger of the coun­cil: but whoso­ev­er shall say, Thou fool, shall be in dan­ger of hell fire. 23 There­fore if thou bring thy gift to the al­tar, and there re­mem­ber­est that thy broth­er hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift be­fore the al­tar, and go thy way; first be rec­on­ciled to thy broth­er, and then come and of­fer thy gift. 25 Agree with thine ad­ver­sary quick­ly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the ad­ver­sary de­liv­er thee to the judge, and the judge de­liv­er thee to the of­fi­cer, and thou be cast into prison. 26 Ver­i­ly I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the ut­ter­most far­thing. 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not com­mit adul­tery: 28 But I say unto you, That whoso­ev­er looketh on a wom­an to lust af­ter her hath com­mit­ted adul­tery with her al­ready in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye of­fend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is prof­itable for thee that one of thy mem­bers should per­ish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand of­fend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is prof­itable for thee that one of thy mem­bers should per­ish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 31 It hath been said, Whoso­ev­er shall put away his wife, let him give her a writ­ing of di­vorce­ment: 32 But I say unto you, That whoso­ev­er shall put away his wife, sav­ing for the cause of for­ni­ca­tion, causeth her to com­mit adul­tery: and whoso­ev­er shall mar­ry her that is di­vorced com­mit­teth adul­tery. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not for­swear thy­self, but shalt per­form unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; nei­ther by heav­en; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his foot­stool: nei­ther by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nei­ther shalt thou swear by thy head, be­cause thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your com­mu­ni­ca­tion be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for what­so­ev­er is more than these cometh of evil. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye re­sist not evil: but whoso­ev­er shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the oth­er al­so. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke al­so. 41 And whoso­ev­er shall com­pel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that as­keth thee, and from him that would bor­row of thee turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neigh­bour, and hate thine en­e­my. 44 But I say unto you, Love your en­e­mies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which de­spite­ful­ly use you, and per­se­cute you; 45 That ye may be the chil­dren of your Fa­ther which is in heav­en: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the un­just. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what re­ward have ye? do not even the pub­li­cans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren on­ly, what do ye more than others? do not even the pub­li­cans so? 48 Be ye there­fore per­fect, even as your Fa­ther which is in heav­en is per­fect.