Matthew 5-7

Matthew 5

¹And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

²And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

³Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

⁴Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

⁵Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

⁶Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

⁷Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

⁸Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

⁹Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

¹⁰Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

¹¹Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

¹²Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

¹³You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

¹⁴You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

¹⁵And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

¹⁶Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

¹⁷Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

¹⁸Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

¹⁹Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

²¹You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

²²But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

²³If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

²⁴While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

²⁵Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

²⁶Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

²⁷You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

²⁸But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

²⁹And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

³⁰And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

³¹Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

³²But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

³³Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

³⁴But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

³⁵Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

³⁶You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

³⁷But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

³⁸You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

³⁹But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

⁴⁰And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

⁴¹And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

⁴²Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

⁴³You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

⁴⁴But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

⁴⁵So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

⁴⁶For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

⁴⁷And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

⁴⁸Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

Matthew 6

¹Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

²When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

³But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:

⁴So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

⁵And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

⁶But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

⁷And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

⁸So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

⁹Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

¹⁰Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

¹¹Give us this day bread for our needs.

¹²And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

¹³And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

¹⁴For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

¹⁵But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

¹⁶And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

¹⁷But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

¹⁸So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

¹⁹Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

²⁰But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

²¹For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

²²The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

²³But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

²⁴No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

²⁵So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

²⁶See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

²⁷And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

²⁸And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

²⁹But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

³⁰But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

³¹Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

³²Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

³³But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

³⁴Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

Matthew 7

¹Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

²For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

³And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

⁴Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?

⁵You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

⁶Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

⁷Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

⁸Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

⁹Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

¹⁰Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

¹¹If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

¹²All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

¹³Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

¹⁴For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

¹⁵Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

¹⁶By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

¹⁷Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

¹⁸It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

¹⁹Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

²⁰So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

²¹Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

²²A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

²³And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

²⁴Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

²⁵And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

²⁶And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

²⁷And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

²⁸And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,

²⁹for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.