24 ness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 25 mammon. Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the 26 body than raiment? Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater 27 value than they? But who of you by anxious thought can 28 add to his life one cubit? And why are ye anxious about raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. 29 They toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one 30 of these. And if God so clothes the herbage of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into an oven, will he 31 not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall 32 we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all 34 these things will also be given you. Be not then anxious about the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. VII. Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judg2 ment ye judge, ye will be judged; and with what meas3 ure ye mete, it will be measured to you. And why dost thou look at the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and 4 not perceive the beam in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me take the mote out of thine eye; when, lo! the beam is in thine own eye? Hypo Ver. 25-38. Comp. Luke xii. 22–31. crite! first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then wilt thou see clearly to take the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn upon you and rend you. 7 Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; 8 knock, and the door will be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; 9 and to him that knocketh, the door will be opened. Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask for bread, 10 will give him a stone? or, if he ask for a fish, will give 11 him a serpent? If ye then, though evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to them 12 that ask him! All things, then, whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets. 13 Enter in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction; and many are they 14 who go in thereat. For strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life; and few are they who find it. 15 Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in 16 sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. Ye may know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes 17 of thorns, or figs of thistles? So every good tree bear18 eth good fruit; but a bad tree beareth bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good 19 fruit. Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down, 20 and cast into the fire. So then ye may know them by their fruits. 21 Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, will enter Ver. 7-11. Comp. Luke xi. 9-13. Ver. 13, 14. The words "is the gate" are inclosed in brackets by Tischendorf, to indicate that he regards them as of doubtful genuineness. into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of 22 my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name work 23 many miracles? And then will I declare to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Every one then that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his 25 house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who 27 built his house upon the sand; and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was its fall. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching. 29 For he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes. VIII. When he had come down from the mountain, great 2 multitudes followed him. And lo! there came a leper and bowed down before him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, 3 thou canst cleanse me. And he put forth his hand. and touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed. And 4 immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith 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. And when he had entered into Capernaum, there came 6 to him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, 7 my servant lieth at home palsied, sorely tormented. He Ver. 2-4. Comp. Mark i. 40-45; Luke v. 12-16. 8 saith to him, I will come and heal him. But the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only command with a 9 word, and my servant will be made well. For even I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth 10 it. When Jesus heard this, he marvelled, and said to those who followed, Truly do I say to you, Not even in 11 Israel have I found such faith. And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of 12 heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will go out into the outer darkness; there will be wailing and gnash13 ing of teeth. And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was made well in that hour. 14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw 15 his wife's mother lying sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and waited on him. 16 And when evening came, they brought to him many that were possessed by demons; and he cast out the 17 spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases." * 18 And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, gave 19 orders to depart to the other side. And a certain scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee where20 ever thou goest. And Jesus saith to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have lodging-places; but the Ver. 14-16. Comp. Mark i. 29-34; Luke iv. 38-41. Ver. 16, 18, 23-84. Comp. Mark iv. 85-v. 20; Luke viii. 22–39. Isa. liii. 4. 21 Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go 22 and bury my father. But he saith to him, Follow me and let the dead bury their own dead. 23 And when he had gone on board the boat, his disciples 24 followed him. And, lo! a great tempest arose on the lake, so that the boat was almost covered by the waves; but 25 he was sleeping. And they came and awoke him, say26 ing, Lord, save! we are perishing. And he saith to them, Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the waves; and there was a great 27 calm. And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the waves obey him? 28 And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, 29 so that no one could pass by that way. And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Didst thou come here to torment us before the time? 30 Now there was at a distance from them a herd of many 31 swine feeding. And the demons besought him, saying, If 32 thou cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine. And lo! the whole herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and perished in the waters. And the 33 herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what had happened to the men possessed 34 by demons. And lo! the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their borders. IX. And going on board a boat, he crossed over, and came Chap. IX. 1-8. Comp. Mark v. 21, ii. 1-12; Luke viii. 40, v. 17-28. |