Matthew 5:25-7:29 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest that adversary deliver ye to the judge, and the judge deliver ye to the minister, and then thou be cast into prison.

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest that adversary deliver ye to the judge, and the judge deliver ye to the minister, and then thou be cast into prison. ²⁶ I say unto ye verily, Thou shalt not come out thence, till thou have paid the utmost farthing. ²⁷ "Ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery:' ²⁸ But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a wife lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. ²⁹ Wherfore if thy right eye offend thee, pluck him out, and cast him from thee: better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell. ³⁰ Also: if thy right hand offend thee, cut him off, and cast him from thee: better it is that one of thy members perish than that all thy body should be cast into hell. ³¹ It is said, Whosoever put away his wife let him give her a testimonial also of the divorcement. ³² But I say unto you, Whosoever put away his wife, except it be for fornication, causeth her to break matrimony. And whosoever marryeth her that is divorced breaketh wedlock. ³³ "Again, ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform thine oath to God': ³⁴ But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's seat: ³⁵ nor yet by the earth; for it is His footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of that great King: ³⁶ neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one white hair or black: ³⁷ But your communication shall be, 'Yea, Yea; Nay, nay': for whatsoever is more than that cometh of evil. ³⁸ "Ye have heard how it is said, 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.' ³⁹ But I say to you, That ye resist not wrong. But whosoever give thee a blow on thy right cheek, turn to him the other. ⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. ⁴¹ And whosoever will compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. ⁴² Give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away. ⁴³ "Ye have heard how it is said, 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor, and hate thine enemy.' ⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies. Bless them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Pray for them which do you wrong and persecute you; ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust. ⁴⁶ For if ye love them which love you, what reward shall ye have? Do not the Publicans even so? ⁴⁷ And if ye be friendly to your brethren only, what singular thing do ye? Do not the Publicans likewise? ⁴⁸ Ye shall therefore be perfect even as your father which is in heaven is perfect. ⁶ ¹ Take heed to your alms, that ye give it not in the sight of men, to the intent that ye would be seen of them: or else ye get no reward of your father which is in heaven. ² Whensoever therefore thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, for to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. ³ But when thou doest thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ that thine alms may be secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. ⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. ⁶ But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and shut thy door to thee, and pray to thy father which is in secret; and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. ⁷ "And when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard, for their much babbling's sake. ⁸ Be ye not like them therefore: for your father knoweth whereof ye have need, before ye ask of him. ⁹ After this manner, therefore, pray ye: O our father, which art in heaven hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰ Let thy kingdom come. Thy will be fulfilled, as well in earth, as it is in heaven. ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our trespasses, even as we forgive our trespassers. ¹³ Lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil, For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen. ¹⁴ For and if ye shall forgive other men their trespasses, your heavenly father shall also forgive you. ¹⁵ But and if ye will not forgive men their trespasses, no more shall your father forgive your trespasses. ¹⁶ "Moreover, when ye fast, be not sad as the hypocrites are: for they disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men how they 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 it appear not unto men how that thou fastest, but unto thy father which is in secret: and thy father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. ¹⁹ "See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰ But gather ye treasures together in heaven, where neither rust, nor yet moths corrupt: and where thieves neither break up, nor yet steal. ²¹ For wheresoever your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²² The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light. ²³ But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness? ²⁴ No man can serve two masters: For either he shall hate the one, and love the other; or else he shall lean to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, be not careful for your life what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what raiment ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth than meat? and the body more of value than raiment? ²⁶ Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither reap, nor yet carry into the barns, and yet your heavenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? ²⁷ Which of you, though he took thought therefore, could put one cubit unto his stature? ²⁸ And why care ye then for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They labor not, neither spin: ²⁹ And yet for all that, I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his royalty, was not arrayed like unto one of these. ³⁰ Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow shall be cast into the furnace, shall he not much more do the same unto you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?' Or. 'What shall we drink?' Or, 'Wherewith shall we be clothed?' ³² After all these things seek the gentiles: For your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³ But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered unto you. ³⁴ Care not then for the morrow: but let the morrow care for itself. For the day present hath ever enough of his own trouble. ⁷ ¹ Judge not, that ye be not judged. ² For as ye judge, so shall ye be judged: and with what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured to you again. ³ Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴ Or why sayest thou to thy brother, 'Suffer me to pluck out the mote out of thine eye'; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye. ⁵ "Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye. ⁶ Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to rend you. ⁷ "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ⁸ For whosoever asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. ⁹ Is there any man among you which, if his son asked him bread, would offer him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asked fish, would he proffer him a serpent? ¹¹ If ye then, which are evil, can give to your children good gifts, how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask of him? ¹² "Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even so do ye to them: this is the law and the prophets. ¹³ Enter in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: ¹⁴ But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. ¹⁵ "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns? Or figs of thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. ²¹ "Not all they that say unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter in to the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth my father's will which is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name have done many miracles?' ²³ And then will I knowledge unto them, that I never knew them: 'Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.' ²⁴ "Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock: ²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock. ²⁶ And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it. ²⁸ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: ²⁹ For he taught them as one having power, and not as the scribes.