The King gives the Sermon on the Mount
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📚✭And seeing the multitudes, he went up on a mountain, and when he was seated, his disciples came to him. 2 📚And he opened his mouth and taught them✭, saying,The beatitudes
3 📚“Blessed✭ are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 📚✭“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 📚✭“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 📚✭“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled.
7 📚✭“Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy.
8 📚✭“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.✭
9 📚✭“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.
10 📚✭“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,✭ for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 📚✭Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake. 12 📚✭Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For in this way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.✭
Instruction about various subjects
13 📚✭“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, how can it be made salty again? Then it is good for nothing, but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.✭
14 📚✭“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 📚Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand. And it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 📚✭Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father✭ who is in heaven.
17 📚“Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets✭. I have come, not to destroy, but to fulfil them✭. 18 📚✭For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle will pass away from the Law until all is fulfilled. 19 📚✭Therefore whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments,✭ and teaches men to do so, he will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 📚For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees,✭ you will absolutely not enter the kingdom of heaven.
21 📚“You have heard that it was said to those of olden times, You shall not murder, and whoever murders✭ will be subject to the judgment. 22 📚But I tell you✭ that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever says to his brother,✭ ‘Empty fellow✭’, will be in danger of the Council✭; but whoever says, ‘You fool✭’, will be in danger of hell fire.✭
23 📚✭“Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 📚leave your gift there before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
25 📚✭“Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way to court with him, so that this adversary will not at any time hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 📚Truly I say to you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last copper coin.
27 📚“You have heard that it was said to those of olden times, ‘You shall not commit adultery.✭’ 28 📚But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.✭ 29 📚And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you, for it is better for you that one of your parts is lost than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 30 📚And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you. For it is better for you that one of your parts is lost than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
31 📚“It has been said, ‘Whoever divorces✭ his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 📚But I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.
33 📚“Again, you have heard that it was said to those of olden times, ‘You shall not swear✭ falsely, but shall perform your vows to the Lord.’ 34 📚But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne, 35 📚or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King, 36 📚And you shall not swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 📚But let your ‘yes’ be yes, and your ‘no’ be no, for whatever is more than this is from the evil one.✭
38 📚✭“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 📚But I tell you✭ that you should not resist evil, but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 📚And if anyone wants to sue you and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. 41 And whoever compels you to go a mile, go with him two miles. 42 📚✭Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
43 📚✭“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy.’ 44 📚But I say to you, Love your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you, and pray for those✭ who abuse you and persecute you, 45 📚so that you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 📚✭For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even tax collectors do the same? 47 📚✭And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even tax collectors do so? 48 📚✭Therefore be perfect, just as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.