Christ continueth his MATTHEW, VI. perish, and not that thy whole body A. D. 31. should be cast into hell. 231 It hath been said, Whosoever c De.24.1. sermon in the mount. CHAPTER VI. 1 Of alms, 5 prayer, 14 forgiveness. 19 Our treasure. 24 Of God and T 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, 3 do not sound a trumpet bethe synagogues and in the streets, fore thee, as the hypocrites do in that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, himself shall reward a 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.b 6 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 seeret, c shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, d as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for e their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth f what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our g Father h which art in i heaven, hallowed be k thy name. 10 Thy kingdom / come. Thy will be done in earth, m as it is in hea 11 Give us this day our n daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, o as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into p temptation, but deliver us q from evil: for power, and the glory, for ever. thiner is the kingdom, and the Amen.nia win 14 For if ye forgive men their will also forgive you: trespasses, your heavenly Father trespasses, neither will your Father 15 But if ye forgive not men their forgive your trespasses.s 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypoces, of a sad countenance: for disfigure their faces, that the may appear unto God's providence. MATTHEW, VII. ment to fast. Verily I say unto A. D. 31. you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, t Is.58.3,5. anoint thine head, and wash thy face: u Pr.23.4. 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 theev openly. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon u earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal : 20 But lay up for yourselves trea Lu. 18.24, 25. He.13.5. Is.33.6. Lu.12.33, 34. 1Ti.6.19. w Lu. 11.34, 36. Rash judgment reproved. 33 But seek ye first c the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added d unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.e Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. CHAPTER VII. 1 Christ, ending his sermon on the mount, reproveth rash judgment, 6 forbiddeth to cast holy things to dogs, 7 exhorteth to prayer, 13 to enter in at the strait gate, etc. sures in heaven, where neither Lu.16.13. JUDGE not, that ye be not moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye w if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall 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! Ga. 1.10. 2Ti.4.10. Ja.4.4. z 1Co.7.32. Phi.4.6. a Job 38.41. Lu. 12.24, &c. 24 T No man can serve two mas-c ters 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 y serve God and mammon. b Ps.37.3. 55.22. 1 Pe.5.7. 1Ti.4.8. d Le.25.20,21 1Ki.3.13. Ps.37.25. Mar. 10.30. e De.33.25. (CHAP. 7.) a Lu.6.37. Ro.2.1. 1Co.4.5. b Ju.1.7. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought z 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 incat, and the body than raiment ? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your c Ga.6.1. heavenly Father a feedeth them. d Pr.9.7,8. 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; 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 the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, Oye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, b saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do The Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 23.9. e Is.55.6. Lu.IS.1. f Ps.81.10,16. Jno. 14. 13, 14. 16.23,24. 1Jno.3.22. 5.14,15. g Pr.8.17. Je.29.12, 13. h Lu. 11.11. i Le.19.18. Ro. 13.8-10. Ga.5. 14. k Lu. 13.24. 1 or, How. ch.20.16. 25.1-12. Ro.9 27,29. judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, bit shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eve? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is m thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam c out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither d cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; e seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh ƒ receiveth; and he that seeketh g findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone! 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your chil dren, h how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him 12 Therefore all things whatso ever ye would that men should to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets 13 T Enter ye in k at the strait gate: for is the gate, mai broad is the way, that leadetha destruction, and manyƐthere + which go in thereal via mas 20141 Because strait is the UAR narrow is the way, which unto life, and few! the he find ite |