Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
40:005:025 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
40:005:026 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
40:005:027 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
40:005:028 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
40:005:029 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
40:005:030 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
40:005:031 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
40:005:032 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
40:005:033 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 thine oaths:
40:005:034 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
40:005:035 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
40:005:036 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
40:005:037 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
40:005:038 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
40:005:039 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40:005:040 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
40:005:041 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
40:005:042 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
40:005:043 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
40:005:044 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
40:005:045 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.
40:005:046 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
40:005:047 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
40:005:048 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
40:006:001 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.
40:006:002 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.
40:006:003 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
40:006:004 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
40:006:005 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.
40:006:006 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 secret shall reward thee openly.
40:006:007 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
40:006:008 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
40:006:009 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
40:006:010 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
40:006:011 Give us this day our daily bread.
40:006:012 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
40:006:013 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
40:006:014 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
40:006:015 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
40:006:016 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.
40:006:017 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
40:006:018 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.
40:006:019 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
40:006:020 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
40:006:021 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
40:006:022 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
40:006:023 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!
40:006:024 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.
40:006:025 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?
40:006:026 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
40:006:027 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
40:006:028 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
40:006:029 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
40:006:030 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, O ye of little faith?
40:006:031 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
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