1 ^5:1AND seeing the multitudes, he went on the mountain and sat down; and his disciples came to him. ^5:2And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying; ^5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ^5:5Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ^5:4Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted. ^5:6Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. ^5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. ^5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. ^5:9Blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be called children of God. ^5:10Blessed are the persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ^5:11Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake. ^5:12Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

2 ^5:13You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more, except being cast out to be trodden upon by men. ^5:14You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid. ^5:15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a modius [1.916 gallon measure], but on a candlestick, and it shines to all in the house. ^5:16Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father in heaven. ^5:17Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to complete. ^5:18For I tell you truly, that till heaven and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away from the law till all things are accomplished. ^5:19Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ^5:20For I tell you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

3 ^5:21You have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be subject to the judgment. ^5:22But I tell you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, Worthless fellow, shall be subject to the Sanhedrim; and whoever says, You fool, shall be subject to the hell of fire. ^5:23If, therefore, you offer your gift on the altar, and there remember that your brother has any thing against you, ^5:24leave there your gift before the altar, and go and first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. ^5:25Agree with your accuser quickly, while you are with him in the way, lest the accuser deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. ^5:26I tell you truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last quadrans [4 mills].

4 ^5:27You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery; ^5:28but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman to desire her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ^5:29But if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. ^5:30And if your right hand offends you, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should go into hell. ^5:31And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement. ^5:32But I tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her that is put away, commits adultery. ^5:33Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths. ^5:34But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; ^5:35nor by the earth, for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King; ^5:36nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. ^5:37But let your speech be, yes, yes, and no, no; for any thing more than this is evil.

5 ^5:38You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ^5:39But I tell you not to resist the evil man; but whoever shall strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; ^5:40and if a man wishes to have a law suit with you, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also; ^5:41and whoever shall compel you to go one mile, go two miles with him. ^5:42Give to him that asks, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away. ^5:43You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. ^5:44But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you; ^5:45that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and rains on the just and unjust. ^5:46For if you love those that love you, what reward have you? Do not the publicans the same? ^5:47And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than [others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same? ^5:48Be therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

6 ^6:1But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father in heaven. ^6:2When, therefore, you give in charity, sound not a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward. ^6:3But when you give in charity let not your left hand know what your right hand does, ^6:4that your charity may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.

7 ^6:5And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward. ^6:6But when you pray enter into your private room, and having shut your door pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you. ^6:7And when you pray use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. ^6:8Be not, therefore, like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ^6:9Pray, therefore, thus; Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name; ^6:10thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth; ^6:11give us to-day our essential bread, ^6:12and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; ^6:13and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil. ^6:14For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you; ^6:15but if you forgive not men, neither will your Father forgive your offenses.

8 ^6:16And when you fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. I tell you truly, they have their reward. ^6:17But when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face, ^6:18that you may not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.

9 ^6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal. ^6:20But lay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither a moth nor corrosion destroys, and where thieves dig not through nor steal; ^6:21for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

10 ^6:22The light of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body will be light; ^6:23but if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light which is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! ^6:24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the first, and love the other, or he will adhere to the first, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches. ^6:25On this account I tell you, be not anxious for your soul, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on, is not the soul more than food, and the body more than clothing? ^6:26Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? ^6:27Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature? ^6:28And why are you anxious concerning clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they perform no hard labor, neither do they spin; ^6:29but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ^6:30And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, men of little faith? ^6:31Be not anxious, therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or with what shall we be clothed? ^6:32For after all these things the gentiles seek; and your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ^6:33But seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you. ^6:34Be not anxious, therefore, for to-morrow, for to-morrow will be anxious for its; sufficient for the day is its evil.

11 ^7:1Judge not, that you be not judged; ^7:2for with what judgment you judge you shall be judged; and with what measure you measure it shall be measured to you. ^7:3And why do you see a speck in your brother's eye, and not consider a beam in your own eye? ^7:4or how will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the speck from your eye, and behold a beam in your own eye? ^7:5Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then will you see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye. ^7:6Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend you. ^7:7Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. ^7:8For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened. ^7:9Or is there any man of you, who, if his son asks bread of him, will give him a stone? ^7:10or if he asks a fish, will give him a serpent? ^7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to them that ask him. ^7:12All things, therefore, which you wish men to do to you, do also thus to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

12 ^7:13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in by it; ^7:14for narrow is the gate, and compressed the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it. ^7:15But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are rapacious wolves. ^7:16You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns? or figs from thistles? ^7:17So every good tree bears good fruits, but a bad tree bears bad fruits; ^7:18a good tree cannot bear bad fruits, nor a bad tree good fruits. ^7:19Every tree which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. ^7:20By their fruits, therefore, you shall know them.

13 ^7:21Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in heaven. ^7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name performed many mighty works? ^7:23and then will I confess to them, I never knew you; depart from me you that commit wickedness.

14 ^7:24Every one, therefore, that hears these words of mine and performs them, I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the rock; ^7:25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on the rock. ^7:26And every one who hears these words of mine and performs them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand; ^7:27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great. ^7:28And when Jesus had finished these words the multitudes were astonished at his teaching; ^7:29for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.