them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²¹Ye heard that it was said to those²¹ of old: Thou shalt not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. ²²But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother, without cause^22a, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca^22b! shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire. ²³Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee; ²⁴leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift.

²⁵Agree 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. ²⁶Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

²⁷Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery. ²⁸But 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. ²⁹And if thy right eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³⁰And if thy right hand causes thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

³¹And it was said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. ³²But I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery.

³³Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old³³: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths. ³⁴But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; ³⁵nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ³⁶Nor shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black. ³⁷But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is more than these comes of evil.

³⁸Ye heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ³⁹But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. ⁴¹And whoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴²Give to him that asks of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.

⁴³Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you; ⁴⁵that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. ⁴⁶For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same? ⁴⁷And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus? ⁴⁸Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

VI.  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. ²Therefore 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. ³But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does; ⁴that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee.

⁵And 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. ⁶But 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.

⁷But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ⁸Be not ye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ⁹Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

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

¹¹Give us this day our daily bread¹¹.

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

¹³And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil¹³.

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

¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸that 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.

¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. ²⁰But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

²²The lamp of the body is the eye. If