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"AND seeing the multitudes. he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

2. And he opened his mouth, and taught them. saying,

3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

4. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. .

5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

6. Blessed are they which do hun-ger and thirst after righteousness:for they shall.be filled.

7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

11. Blessed are ye. when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

14.Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel. but on a candlestick;

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and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good, works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

17. Think not that I am come to I destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

18. For verily I say unto you, Till, heaven and earth pass, away one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from bthe law, till all be fulfilled.

19. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least command-ments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the king-dom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  

20. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of hea-ven.

21. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

22. But I say unto you, That who-soever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

23. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar. and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

24. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be rec-

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onciled with to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

25. Agree with thine aadversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the ad-versary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast bpaid the uttermost farthing.

27. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

28. But I say unto you, That who-soever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

29. And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish. and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

30. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

31. It hath been said, Whosoeyer shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

32. But I say unto you, That who-soever shall put away his wife, sav-ing. for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: J and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adul-tery.

33. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

34. But say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

35. Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

37. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for what-soever is more than these cometh of evil.

38. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

42. Give to him that asketh thee and from him that would borrow thee turn not thou away.

43. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, 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, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the un-just.

46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans thesame?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? .

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

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17. "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." 

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13. And he goeth up into a moun-tain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.

14. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

15. And to have power to heal sicknesses,and to cast out devils:

16. And Simon he surnamed Peter;

17. And James the son of Zebe-dee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

18. And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphreus, and Thaddaeus, and Si-mon the Canaanite,

19. And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house,

20. And the multitude cometh to- gether again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. .

21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

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TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men,to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no re- ward of your Father which is in heaven.

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2. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trum-pet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagoges and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

3. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

4. That thine alms may be in se-cret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

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 unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

9. After this inanner therefore; pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11. Give us this day our daily bread.

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

13. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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 Fa-ther forgive your trespasses.

16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a. sad face countenance: for they disfigure tbeir faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their dreward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, lanoint thine head, and wash thy face;

18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father. which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: .

20. But lay up for yourselves trea-sures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

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

22. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

23. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of dark-ness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is

that darkness!

24. No man can serve two mas-ters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what, ye shall eat, or what ye shall dnnk; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27. Which of you by taking thought can add one Ycubit unto his stature?

28. And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29. And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more

clothe you, ye of little faith?

31. Therefore take no thought, saying. What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Where-withal shall we be clothed?

32. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your hea-venly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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AND the angel that talked with me came again,and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,

2. And said unto me, What seest thou? And 1 said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

3. And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

4. So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5. Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said,No:my lord.

6. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, say- ing, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

7. Who art thou, 0 great moun-tain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

8. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9 . The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.

10. For who hath despisd the day of small things? for they shall re-joice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lor:d.

14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

10.