Matthew 5:3-7:29 Blessed are the poor in spirit for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Blessed are the poor in spirit for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! ⁴ Blessed are the mourners: for they shall be comforted! ⁵ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth! ⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be satiated! ⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercies! ⁸ Blessed are the clean in heart: for they shall behold God! ⁹ Blessed are the cultivators of peace: for they shall be called sons of God! ¹⁰ Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! ¹¹ Blessed are ye, when they revile you and persecute you, and speak every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account. ¹² At that time, rejoice and be glad: for your reward in heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you. ¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth! But if the salt become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned? It is fit for nothing; but to be thrown out, and be trodden under foot by men. ¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world! A city built upon a hill, not be concealed. ¹⁵ And they do not light a lamp and place it under a bushel; but upon a lightstand, and it giveth light to all that are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in heaven. ¹⁷ Do not suppose that I have come to subvert the law or the prophets: I have come not to subvert, but to fulfill. ¹⁸ For verily I say to you, that until heaven and earth shall pass away, one iota or one letter shall not pass from the law, until all shall be fulfilled. ¹⁹ Therefore whoever shall break one of these small commands and shall so inculcate on the children of men, shall be called little in the kingdom of heaven: but every one that shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ For I say to you, that unless your righteousness shall abound more than that of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²¹ Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill: and every one that killeth, is obnoxious to judgment. ²² But I say to you, That every one who is angry with his brother rashly, is obnoxious to judgment: and every one that saith to his brother, Raka! is obnoxious to the council and every one that shall say, Fool is obnoxious to hell-fire. ²³ If therefore thou shalt bring thy oblation to the altar, and shalt there remember that thy brother hath any offence against thee, ²⁴ leave there thy oblation before the altar, and go first and be reconciled with thy brother; and then come and present thy oblation. ²⁵ Be at agreement with thy prosecutor, forthwith, and while on the way with him; lest the prosecutor deliver thee up to the judge, and the Judge deliver thee over to the sheriff, and thou fall into the house of prisoners. ²⁶ Verily I say to thee, Thou wilt not come out from there until thou hast paid the last farthing. ²⁷ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery. ²⁸ But I say to you, That whoever gazeth on a woman with concupiscence, at once committeth adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ If therefore thy right eye make thee offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; because it is better for thee that thy one member perish, than that thy whole body fall into hell. ³⁰ And if thy right hand make thee offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee; because it is better for thee that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole body fall into hell. ³¹ It hath been said, That if a man will put away his wife, he must give her a writing of divorcement. ³² But I say to you, That whoever putteth away his wife, except for the offence of whoredom, causeth her to commit adultery: and he that taketh the divorced woman, committeth adultery. ³³ Again, ye have heard that it hath been said to 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 heaven, for it is the throne of God: ³⁵ and not 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 swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair in it either black or white. ³⁷ But let your language be, Yes, yes; or No, no; for whatever is beyond these proceedeth from 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 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 away thy coat, relinquish to him also thy cloak. ⁴¹ Whoever compelleth thee to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴² Whoever demandeth of thee, give to him: and whoever wisheth to borrow of thee, deny him not. ⁴³ Ye have heard that it hath been said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies; and 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 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 ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do this? ⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that is not common? Do not even publicans do this? ⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. ⁶ ¹ 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 who is in heaven. ² Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet before 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 reward. ³ But thou, when doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ that thy alms may be in secret. And thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly. ⁵ 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. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward. 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 secret, will reward thee openly. ⁷ And when ye pray, be not garrulous like the heathen; for they expect to be heard for their abundance of words. ⁸ Therefore, be not like them; for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before ye ask him. ⁹ In this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done; as in heaven, so on earth: ¹¹ Give us our needful bread, this day: ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: ¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever: Amen. ¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their faults, your Father who is 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 of men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward. ¹⁷ But, when thou fastest, wash thou thy face, and anoint thy head: ¹⁸ that thou mayest not be seen by men as a faster, but by thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will recompense thee. ¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal. ²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where no moth and no rust can spoil, and no thieves dig through nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be. ²² The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thy eye shall be sound, thy whole body will be luminous. ²³ But if thy eye shall be diseased, thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness! ²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ Therefore I say to 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 sow not, and reap not, and gather not into storehouses, but your Father who is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye more important than they? ²⁷ And who of you that shall be anxious, can add to his stature a cubit? ²⁸ And about raiment, 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 not even Solomon in all his glory, was arrayed like one of them. ³⁰ And if God so clothe the 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 be not anxious; nor say, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink; or wherewith be clothed? ³² For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you. ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be 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. ⁷ ¹ Judge not, that ye be not judged. ² For with the judgment that ye judge, ye shall be judged; and by the measure that ye measure, shall it be measured to you. ³ And why observest thou the straw in thy brother's eye, and regardest not 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 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 For, every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. ⁹ For what man is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he reach him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he ask of him a 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 law and the prophets. ¹³ Enter ye in by the strait gate; for wide is the gate and broad the way which leadeth to destruction; and many are they 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 wolves. ¹⁶ And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ So every good tree beareth good fruits; but a bad tree beareth bad fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruits; nor can a bad tree bear good fruits. ¹⁹ Every tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consigned to the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them. ²¹ Not whoever may say to me, My Lord, my Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, have-we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name wrought many works of power? ²³ And then will I declare to them; I never knew you. Depart from me, ye doers of evil. ²⁴ Every one therefore that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them, will be like to a wise man, one that built his house upon a rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house; and it fell not, for its foundations were laid upon a rock. ²⁶ And every one that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them not, will be like a foolish man that built his house upon sand. ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house, and it fell; and great was the ruin of it. ²⁸ And so it was, that when Jesus had ended these discourses, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching: ²⁹ for he taught them as one having authority; and not as their Scribes and Pharisees.