Matthew 6 Cross References - ABU

¹ TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. ² Therefore when thou doest 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 to you, they have in full their reward. ³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does; ⁴ that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee. ⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward. ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee. 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 to them; for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ⁹ Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the earth. ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our debts, as also we forgave our debtors. ¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. ¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; ¹⁵ but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. ¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward. ¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee. ¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. ²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²² The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light; ²³ but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness! ²⁴ No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon. ²⁵ For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they? ²⁷ And which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature? ²⁸ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor spin; ²⁹ and I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith? ³¹ Take not thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewith shall we be clothed? ³² For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall be added to you. ³⁴ Take not thought, therefore, for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

¹⁶ Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

⁴⁶ For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same?

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

⁴ that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee. ⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward. ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

⁹ Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

⁴¹ He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water only to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

⁶ And Jesus said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

²⁷ For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will reward each one according to his works.

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes;

¹³ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in, nor suffer those who are entering to go in:

²⁸ So also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. ²⁹ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say: ³⁰ If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

¹⁵ And he charged them, saying: Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

³⁵ Take heed therefore, lest the light that is in thee is darkness.

¹ IN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of thousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say to his disciples: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

¹⁵ And he said to them: Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; because a man's life consists not in the abundance of his possessions.

¹⁵ And he said to them: Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination before God.

⁴⁴ How can ye believe, receiving honor from one another, and the honor that is from God alone ye seek not?

⁴³ for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

¹⁷ For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. ¹⁸ What then is my reward? That, in preaching the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, that I use not to the full my power in the gospel.

⁹ (as it is written: He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor; His righteousness abides forever;) ¹⁰ and he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

¹² As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised; only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

¹ ON this account, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things heard, lest haply we should let them slip.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and still do minister to the saints.

²⁶ esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked for the reward.

⁸ Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we wrought, but receive a full reward.

¹⁸ For verily I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

⁵ Hypocrite! first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying:

³ And in the morning: A storm to-day! for the sky is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the sky, but can ye not the signs of the times?

¹⁸ But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites!

⁶ and love the first place at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues,

¹³ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in, nor suffer those who are entering to go in: ¹⁴ [V. 14 is wanting in the oldest and best copies.] ¹⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a child of hell than yourselves. ¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. ¹⁷ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound. ¹⁹ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. ²¹ And he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein. ²² And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon. ²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone. ²⁴ Blind guides! that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel. ²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of rapacity and excess. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean. ²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ So also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. ²⁹ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say:

⁵¹ and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!

⁶ And he said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites; as it is written: This people honor me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

³⁹ and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts;

²⁴ But woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your consolation.

⁴² How canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite! cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

⁴¹ But give that which ye have in alms; and, behold, all things are clean to you.

⁴³ Woe to you, Pharisees! because ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and the greetings in the markets.

³³ Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where a thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.

⁵⁶ Hypocrites! Ye know how to judge of the face of the earth and the sky; but how is it that ye know not how to judge of this time?

¹⁵ And the Lord answered him, and said: Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the manger, and lead him away to water him?

⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, who desire to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;

⁴¹ I receive not honor from men.

¹⁸ He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

²⁹ For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said to him: Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

³⁶ And there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which interpreted is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works, and of alms, which she did.

² devout, and one that feared God with all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God always.

⁴ And fixing his eyes on him, he was afraid, and said: What is it, Lord? And he said to him: Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

³¹ and said: Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thine alms were remembered before God.

²⁹ And the disciples, according as any one was prospered, determined each of them to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judaea;

¹⁷ And after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

⁸ or he that exhorts, on the exhortation; he that gives, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that presides, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

⁶ But as to this, he that sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that sows with blessings shall also reap with blessings; ⁷ but each as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸ And God is able to make every grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound toward every good work; ⁹ (as it is written: He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor; His righteousness abides forever;) ¹⁰ and he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; ¹¹ being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. ¹² Because the ministration of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints, but also abounds through many thanksgivings to God; ¹³ while by the proof of this ministration they glorify God for the obedience to your profession of the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of the contribution to them, and to all; ¹⁴ they also, with supplication for you, longing after you on account of the exceeding grace of God in you. ¹⁵ Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

¹⁰ only, that we should remember the poor, which very thing also I was forward to do.

²⁸ Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to impart to him that has need.

⁶ nor of men sought we glory, neither from you, nor from others, though able to use authority, as Christ's apostles.

¹⁸ that they do good, be rich in good works, be free in imparting, willing to communicate;

⁷ For I had much joy and consolation in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

¹⁶ But to do good and to communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

¹⁵ But if a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you say to them: Depart in peace, be warmed, and be filled, but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what does it profit?

¹¹ if any one speaks, as [uttering] God's oracles; if any one ministers, as of the ability which God bestows; that God in all things may be glorified, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁷ But whoever has the world's sustenance, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his pity from him, how abides the love of God in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. ¹⁹ And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

⁴ And Jesus says to him: See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it.

¹⁹ He will not strive, nor cry; Nor will any one hear his voice in the streets.

⁴⁴ and says to him: See thou say nothing to any one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

⁴ For no one does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

¹⁸ that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

⁴² And whoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water only to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in, ³⁶ naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee? ³⁹ And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

¹⁷ For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.

¹⁴ And happy shalt thou be, because they can not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.

⁵ So then judge not anything before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each one have his praise of God.

¹³ And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy;

²³ And her children I will slay with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the reins and hearts; and I will give to you every one according to your works.

² Therefore when thou doest 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 to you, they have in full their reward.

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸ For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

³⁸ Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

²² And all things whatever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

²⁵ And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

³⁸ And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets,

¹² And he said also to him who bade him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴ And happy shalt thou be, because they can not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.

¹ And he spoke also a parable to them, to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood, and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God be merciful to me, the sinner.

⁴⁷ who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.

²⁴ Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

¹⁸ praying at every fitting season in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

² Persevere in prayer, being watchful therein with thanksgiving; ³ at the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for the sake of which I am also in bonds,

¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.

⁶ But he gives the more grace. Wherefore he says: God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and even if he have committed sins, it will be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Confess therefore your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man avails much.

⁴ that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee.

²³ And having dismissed the multitudes, he went up into the mountain apart to pray; and when evening was come, he was there alone.

³⁶ Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and says to the disciples: Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray. ³⁷ And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be troubled. ³⁸ Then says he to them: My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, unto death. Tarry ye here, and watch with me. ³⁹ And going forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me. But yet, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

⁴⁸ Nathanael says to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.

¹⁷ Jesus says to her: Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

⁴⁰ But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up.

⁹ On the morrow, as they were journeying, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour.

³⁰ And Cornelius said: Four days ago I was fasting unto this hour, and at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

⁵ For they that are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

¹⁴ For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

³² For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.

¹⁷ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he neglect to hear the church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.

³⁹ And going forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me. But yet, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

⁴² Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, saying: My Father, if this can not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

⁴⁴ And leaving them, he went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

³⁴ But when they knew that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all, crying about two hours: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

³⁰ For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye have need of these.

²³ And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my name. ²⁴ Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full. ²⁵ These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming, when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father. ²⁶ In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you; ²⁷ for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

⁹ And call not any your father on the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

²⁹ And I say to you, that I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you, in the kingdom of my Father.

¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men.

¹ AND it came to pass that, as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples. ² And he said to them: When ye pray, say; Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. ³ Give us day by day our daily bread. ⁴ And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and before thee.

²¹ And the son said to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

⁷ to all the beloved of God that are in Rome, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ For ye did not receive the spirit of bondage, again to fear; but ye received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

¹ PAUL, an apostle, not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

⁶ And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

¹⁶ who only has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man has seen, or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

¹⁷ And if ye call him Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear;

¹¹ Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory, and the honor, and the power; because thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

¹² saying with a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

² and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

²¹ Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

⁵⁰ For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

²⁸ Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

³⁵ For whoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

¹⁰ blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!

¹¹ And as they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

³⁸ saying: Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!

⁴² saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from me! Yet, not my will but thine be done.

³⁴ Jesus says to them: My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.

⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

¹⁷ If any one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

²² And having removed him, he raised up for them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, saying: I found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying: The will of the Lord be done.

¹⁴ And he said: The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth.

² And be not conformed to this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may discern what is the will of God, the good, and well pleasing, and perfect.

⁶ not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹³ who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

³ For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

¹⁸ In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus, toward you.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for ministration, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

⁷ Then said I: Lo, I come, In the volume of the book it is written of me, To do thy will, O God.

³⁶ For ye have need of patience, that having done the will of God ye may receive the promise.

²¹ make you perfect in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

² that ye no longer may live the remaining time in the flesh by the lusts of men, but by the will of God.

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed loud voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world is become our Lord's, and his Christ's; and he will reign forever and ever.

¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come the salvation, and the strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.

⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying: Alleluia; because the Lord God the Almighty reigns.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and whoever did not worship the beast, neither his image, and did not receive the mark upon the forehead, or upon their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁴ But he answering said: It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

³ Give us day by day our daily bread.

³¹ Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. ³² Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world. ³⁴ They therefore said to him: Lord, evermore give us this bread. ³⁵ Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life. He that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst. ³⁶ But I said to you, that ye have also seen me, and do not believe. ³⁷ All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes to me I will not cast out. ³⁸ Because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. ³⁹ And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴¹ The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he said: I am the bread that came down out of heaven. ⁴² And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does this man say: I have come down out of heaven? ⁴³ Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves. ⁴⁴ No one can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. ⁴⁶ Not that any one has seen the Father, save he who is from God; he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me has everlasting life. ⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ⁵⁰ This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ⁵² The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³ Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. ⁵⁴ He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live forever. ⁵⁹ These things he said in the synagogue, while teaching in Capernaum.

¹² Now such we command, and exhort, in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, they eat their own bread.

⁸ and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; ¹⁵ but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

²¹ Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? ²² Jesus says to him: I say not to thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who desired to make a reckoning with his servants. ²⁴ And when he had begun to reckon, there was brought to him one, who owed ten thousand talents. ²⁵ But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore, falling, prostrated himself before him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant, moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denáries; and laying hold of him he took him by the throat, saying: Pay me that thou owest. ²⁹ Therefore his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. ³⁰ And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. ³¹ And his fellow-servants, seeing what was done, were very sorry, and came and disclosed to their lord all that was done. ³² Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou wicked servant; I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me. ³³ Shouldest not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant, as I too had pity on thee? ³⁴ And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him. ³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother.

³⁷ And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted.

⁴⁰ And Jesus answering said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he says: Teacher, say on. ⁴¹ A certain money-lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denáries, and the other fifty. ⁴² And they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, tell me, will love him most? ⁴³ Simon answering said: I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou didst rightly judge. ⁴⁴ And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gayest me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair. ⁴⁵ Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, from the time I came in, ceased not to kiss my feet. ⁴⁶ My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷ Wherefore I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. ⁴⁸ And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven.

⁴ And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

³ Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. ⁴ And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn to thee saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him. ⁵ And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.

³⁸ Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that remission of sins through this man is announced to you;

⁷ in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

³² and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as also God in Christ forgave you.

¹³ forbearing one another, and freely forgiving each other, if any one have a complaint against any, even as Christ freely forgave you, so also do ye;

⁷ but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. ⁸ If we say that we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, that he may forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

³⁷ But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is more than these comes of evil.

¹⁰ Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the earth.

⁴¹ Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you alway, unto the end of the world.

³¹ And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for you, to sift as the wheat. ³² But I prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and thou, when thou hast turned, strengthen thy brethren. ³³ And he said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both to prison and to death. ³⁴ And he said: I say to thee, Peter, a cock will not crow this day, till thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. ³⁵ And he said to them: When I sent you without purse, and bag, and sandals, lacked ye anything? And they said: Nothing. ³⁶ Therefore said he to them: But now, he that has a purse let him take it, and likewise a bag; and he that has not, let him sell his garment and buy a sword. ³⁷ For I say to you, that yet this which is written must be accomplished in me: And he was reckoned among transgressors; for the things concerning me have an end. ³⁸ And they said: Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said: It is enough! ³⁹ And going out, he went as he was wont to the mount of the Olives; and his disciples also followed him. ⁴⁰ And when he was at the place, he said to them: Pray that ye enter not into temptation. ⁴¹ And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw; and kneeling down, he prayed, ⁴² saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from me! Yet, not my will but thine be done. ⁴³ And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. ⁴⁴ And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. ⁴⁵ And rising up from prayer, and coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping, from sorrow. ⁴⁶ And he said to them: Why sleep ye? Arise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

¹⁵ I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

¹³ There has no temptation taken you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

¹⁶ Else, if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since he knows not what thou sayest?

²⁰ For however many are the promises of God, in him is the yea, and in him the Amen, to the glory of God through us.

⁷ And that I might not be exalted overmuch through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch. ⁸ Concerning this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ⁹ And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may abide upon me.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father;

¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

³ But faithful is the Lord, who will establish you, and guard you from evil.

¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, the imperishable, invisible, only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁵ which in his own times he will show, who is the blissful and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; ¹⁶ who only has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man has seen, or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. ¹⁷ Charge those who are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor place their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who gives us all things richly for enjoyment;

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the preaching might be fully accomplished, and all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸ The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom; to whom be the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁴ Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner took part in the same; that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil; ¹⁵ and might deliver those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

³⁶ And others had trial of mockings, and scourgings, and, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment.

⁸ Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour;

⁹ the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust under punishment to the day of judgment;

⁸ He that commits sin is of the Devil; because the Devil sins from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil.

¹⁸ We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but he that was begotten of God keeps himself; and the evil one touches him not. ¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the evil one.

¹⁸ and the living one; and I became dead, and behold I am alive forevermore; and I have the keys of death and of the underworld.

¹⁰ Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye will have affliction ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹⁰ Because thou didst keep my word of patient endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which is about to come upon the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

¹⁴ And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.

¹³ And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: To him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever.

¹⁴ And I said to him: Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who come out of the great affliction, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them. ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

¹ AFTER these things, I heard as it were a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, of those saying: Alleluia; the salvation, and the glory, and the power, are our God's;

⁴ And the twenty-four elders, and the four animals, fell down and worshiped God, who sits on the throne, saying: Amen; Alleluia.

⁴ And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, nor shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain be any more; because the former things are passed away.

¹² And forgive us our debts, as also we forgave our debtors.

² For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.

¹³ For the judgment shall be without mercy, to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

¹⁰ In this are manifest the children of God, and the children of the Devil. Every one that does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother;

³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother.

¹⁴ Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

¹⁸ And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting; and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

³⁷ and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, serving day and night with fastings and prayers.

¹² I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.

² And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, unto the work to which I have called them. ³ Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

²³ And having appointed for them elders in every church, they commended them, with prayer and fasting, to the Lord, on whom they believed.

⁵ Defraud not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and come again together, that Satan may not tempt you on account of your incontinency.

⁵ in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

²⁷ by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

⁶ who will render to every man according to his deeds;

⁹ Wherefore we also strive, that, whether at home or absent, we may be well pleasing to him.

¹⁸ For not he that commends himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.

²² Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord. ²³ Whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men; ²⁴ knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the recompense of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

⁷ that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, but is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹³ Submit yourselves to every human institution, for the Lord's sake; whether to the king, as pre-eminent,

²¹ Jesus said to him: If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

²¹ So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

²² And Jesus hearing it said to him: Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

²⁴ And Jesus seeing him became very sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

⁸ and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. ⁹ But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which sink men into destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting after wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹⁷ Charge those who are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor place their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who gives us all things richly for enjoyment;

⁵ Let your disposition be without covetousness, and be content with what ye have; for he has said: I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

¹ COME now, ye rich, weep, wailing for your miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver is rusted; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. Ye heaped up treasure, in the last days.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ Because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the empty pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

¹⁹ laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.

³⁴ For ye sympathized with those in bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and an enduring substance.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

⁴ unto an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

⁴ And when the chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

⁹ I know thy affliction, and poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

³⁴ Brood of vipers! How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

²¹ Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

⁵ For when we were in the flesh, the emotions of sins, which were by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. ⁶ But now we are delivered from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. ⁷ What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! But I had not known sin, except through law; for I had not known coveting, if the law had not said: Thou shalt not covet.

¹⁸ while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

¹ IF then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God. ² Set your mind on the things above, not on the things upon the earth. ³ For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

³ Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ I, Paul, wrote it with my own hand, I will repay. Not to say to thee, that to me thou owest also thine own self besides.

¹² Take heed, brethren, lest there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

³⁴ The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is single, thy whole body also is light; but when it is evil, thy body also is dark. ³⁵ Take heed therefore, lest the light that is in thee is darkness. ³⁶ If therefore thy whole body is light, having no part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp, with its bright shining, gives thee light.

⁴⁶ And daily attending with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and singleness of heart,

³ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from your simplicity toward Christ.

⁵ Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

²² Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.

²² The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light;

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. ¹⁷ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound. ¹⁹ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. ²¹ And he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein. ²² And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon. ²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone. ²⁴ Blind guides! that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel. ²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of rapacity and excess. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean. ²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ So also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

¹⁰ And he said: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

³⁹ And Jesus said: For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not may see, and that they who see may become blind. ⁴⁰ And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him: Are we also blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would not have sin. But now ye say: We see. Your sin remains!

²² Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools;

¹⁷ But if thou art called a Jew, and restest upon law, and makest thy boast in God, ¹⁸ and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; ¹⁹ and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law; ²¹ thou then, that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? Thou that preachest, a man should not steal, dost thou steal? ²² Thou that sayest, a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? ²³ Thou that makest thy boast in law, through the transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?

¹⁸ For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And will bring to nothing the prudence of the prudent. ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of the world?

¹⁴ But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he can not know them, because they are spiritually judged.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: He that takes the wise in their craftiness.

¹⁸ having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in then, because of the hardness of their heart;

⁸ For ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,—

¹¹ But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness blinded his eyes.

¹⁷ Because thou sayest: I am rich, and have gotten wealth, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable one, and poor, and blind, and naked; ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and the shame of thy nakedness not be made manifest, and to anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.

¹⁰ Then Jesus says to him: Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

⁹ And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into the everlasting habitations.

¹¹ If therefore ye were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?

¹³ No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.

¹⁶ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? ¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that ye were servants of sin, but obeyed from the heart that form of teaching which was delivered to you; ¹⁸ and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness. ¹⁹ I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh. For as ye yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity unto iniquity; so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto sanctification. ²⁰ For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free as to righteousness. ²¹ What fruit therefore had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. ²² But now, being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end everlasting life.

¹⁰ For do I now seek the favor of men or of God? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be Christ's servant.

¹⁰ For Demas forsook me, having loved the present world, and departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

⁴ Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

²² But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother, without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca! shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire. ²³ Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee; ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift. ²⁵ Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. ²⁶ Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. ²⁷ Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery. ²⁸ But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

²⁷ And which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature? ²⁸ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor spin;

³¹ Take not thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewith shall we be clothed?

³⁴ Take not thought, therefore, for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take not thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.

²² And that sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

¹⁹ and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

¹¹ But when they lead you away to deliver you up, take not thought beforehand what ye shall speak nor premeditate; but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ And that which fell among the thorns, these are they who have heard, and going forth are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

⁴⁰ But Martha was encumbered with much serving; and she came to him, and said: Lord, dost thou not care that my sister left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. ⁴¹ And Jesus answering said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things.

⁴ And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. ⁵ But I will warn you whom ye shall fear; fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him.

⁸ And I say to you: Every one that shall acknowledge me before men, him will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God; ⁹ but he that denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

¹¹ And when they bring you to the synagogues, and magistrates, and authorities, take not thought how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say.

²² And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, take not thought for the life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. ²³ The life is more than food, and the body than raiment. ²⁴ Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds! ²⁵ And which of you by taking thought can add a cubit to his stature? ²⁶ If therefore ye can not do even that which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? ²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin; and I say to you, that even Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ²⁸ And if God so clothes the grass, which to-day is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, ye of little faith? ²⁹ And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind. ³⁰ For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye have need of these. ³¹ But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.

³² He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

³² But I would have you without cares. He that is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

⁴ No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

⁵ Let your disposition be without covetousness, and be content with what ye have; for he has said: I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. ⁶ So that we boldly say: The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; What shall man do to me?

⁷ casting all your care upon him, because he cares for you.

⁹ Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. ³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? And not one of them is forgotten before God. ⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

²⁴ Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds! ²⁵ And which of you by taking thought can add a cubit to his stature? ²⁶ If therefore ye can not do even that which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? ²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin; and I say to you, that even Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ²⁸ And if God so clothes the grass, which to-day is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, ye of little faith? ²⁹ And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind. ³⁰ For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye have need of these. ³¹ But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you. ³² Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³⁶ Nor shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

²⁵ And which of you by taking thought can add a cubit to his stature? ²⁶ If therefore ye can not do even that which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

¹⁸ But now, God set the members each one of them in the body, as it pleased him.

²⁵ For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

¹⁰ nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff; for the laborer is worthy of his living.

¹¹ He answering says to them: He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin; and I say to you, that even Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

³⁵ And he said to them: When I sent you without purse, and bag, and sandals, lacked ye anything? And they said: Nothing. ³⁶ Therefore said he to them: But now, he that has a purse let him take it, and likewise a bag; and he that has not, let him sell his garment and buy a sword.

⁹ in like manner also that women, in becoming apparel, adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety; not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment; ¹⁰ but, which becomes women professing godliness, by means of good works.

² when they behold your chaste deportment coupled with fear. ³ Whose adorning, let it not be the outward one of braiding the hair, and of wearing golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel; ⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, in that which is imperishable of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. ⁵ For so in the old time the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands,

²⁶ And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

³¹ And immediately Jesus, stretching forth his hand, took hold of him, and said to him: Thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

⁸ And Jesus knowing it said: Ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye took no bread?

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me.

⁴⁰ And he said to them: Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?

¹⁹ And he answering, says to them: O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.

⁴¹ And Jesus answering said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring hither thy son.

²⁸ And if God so clothes the grass, which to-day is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, ye of little faith?

²⁷ After that, he says to Thomas: Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

¹⁰ but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. ¹¹ For the sun rose with the burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the grace of its fashion perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.

²⁴ Because, All flesh is as grass, And all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass withered, and its flower fell off;

³³ And his disciples say to him: Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

²⁹ And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind.

⁴⁶ For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same? ⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus?

⁸ Be not ye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

²⁵ But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them. ²⁶ Not so shall it be among you;

¹¹ And what father is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, he will give him a stone; or a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent? ¹² Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? ¹³ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

¹⁷ This therefore I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

⁵ not in lustful passion, as also the Gentiles who know not God.

⁶ Happy they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.

⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and concealed; and for joy thereof, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking goodly pearls; ⁴⁶ and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

²⁹ And every one who forsook houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive manifold more, and shall inherit everlasting life.

²⁹ And Jesus answering said: Verily I say to you, there is no one who forsook house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings, ³⁰ but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

³¹ But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.

²⁹ And he said to them: Verily I say to you, there is no one that forsook house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

²⁷ Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you; for him the Father, God, has sealed,

²⁵ And now, behold, I know that all ye, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

³¹ preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no one hindering him.

¹⁷ For therein is revealed a righteousness of God, from faith to faith; as it is written: The just shall live by faith.

²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ²² a righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all that believe; (for there is no difference;

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who shall be against us?

³ For not knowing the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

³⁰ But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God was made wisdom to us, both righteousness and sanctification, and redemption;

²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours;

²¹ Him who knew not sin he made to be sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.

⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God, upon faith;

¹³ who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; ¹⁴ in whom we have the redemption, the remission of our sins;

⁵ a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer;

⁸ For bodily exercise is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

¹ SIMON PETER, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

¹¹ For so shall be richly ministered to you the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much affliction enter into the kingdom of God.

³ that no one should be shaken by these afflictions, for yourselves know that unto this we are appointed. ⁴ For even when we were with you, we told you before that we are to suffer affliction; as also it came to pass, and ye know.