Chapter V. 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 Sermon thine oaths: The on the mount. 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; Swear not 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: at all. not evil. 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not Return 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. Chapter V. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine Sermon enemy. on the The mount. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, Love even bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; enemies. Strive after per 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 publi cans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your fectnes. Father which is in heaven is perfect. Chapter vi. Alms not to be done vauntingly. 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. vi. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left Chapter hand know what thy right hand doeth: The on the mount. 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Sermon Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 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. secret. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy Pray in 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. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. The manner 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy of prayer. name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Chapter vi. The 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, Sermon and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you : on the mount. Not to appear to fast. Lay up heavenly 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, 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. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in treasures. heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Purity of purpose. 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if there vi. fore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall Chapter be full of light. 23 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! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ? The Sermon on the mount. No serv ing God and mammon. of the air. 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow The fowls not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; The lilies. they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of |