12Now it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray and continued all night in an oratory of God. 13And when it was day, he called his disciples to him; and elected from them twelve, whom he named Apostles: 14Simon, whom he also called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15Matthew and Thomas, James son of Alpheus, and Simon called the Zealous, 16Jude the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also was the traitor. 17And coming down with them, he stood on a level spot: and the crowd of his disciples, and a vast multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 18and they who were disturbed with unclean spirits: and they were cured. 19And all the multitude strove to touch him, for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21Blessed are ye who hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh. 22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall revile you, and shall cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, lo! your reward is great in heaven: for after the same manner did your fathers to the prophets. 24But wo unto you who are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25Wo unto you who are full! for ye shall hunger. Wo unto you who laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26Wo unto you, when men shall speak well of you! for just so did their fathers of the false prophets. 27But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you; 28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who wantonly insult you. 29To him that smiteth thee on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who would take from thee thy cloak, withhold not thy coat also. 30And give to every one that asketh thee; and from him who would take thy goods, demand them not again. 31And as ye would that men should do unto you, do ye also to them in like manner.
32And if ye love them that love you, what thanks are due to you? for even sinners love those who love them. 33And if ye do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have ye? do not even sinners the same thing? 34And if ye lend to those, from whom ye hope to receive back again, what thanks are due to you? for sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive an equivalent. 35But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Most High; for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the wicked. 36Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate. 37And judge not, that ye be not judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: 38give, and there shall be given unto you; good measure pressed down, and shook, and running over, shall they give into your lap. For with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured back to you again.
39And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the pit? 40The disciple is not above his teacher; but every one who is completely taught shall be as his master.
41But why beholdest thou the mote which is in thy brother’s eye, but observest not the beam which is in thine own eye? 42Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, permit me to take off the mote which is on thine eye, not seeing thyself the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! cast out the beam which is in thine eye, and then shalt thou see distinctly to take off the mote which is in thy brother’s eye. 43For there is no good tree which produceth fruit of a bad quality; neither doth a tree of a bad sort produce good fruit. 44Every tree is known by its own peculiar fruit. For men do not gather figs from off thorns, nor do they gather from the bramble a bunch of grapes. 45A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, produceth what is good; and a wicked man, from the evil treasure in his heart, produceth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47Every one who cometh to me, and heareth my words, and puts them in practice, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48he is like to a man, building a house, who digged, and sunk deep, and laid the foundation on a rock; and when there was a flood, the river rushed violently against that house, and was not of force to shake it, for it was founded on a rock. 49But he that heareth, and doth not practice, is like a man who built his house on the earth without a foundation; against which the river rushed violently, and immediately it fell; and the crash of the fall of that house was great.
[CHAP. VII.]
NOW after he had finished all these sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2And the servant of a certain centurion, who was very valuable to him, being seized with an illness, was ready to die. 3But when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, entreating him that he would come and preserve the life of his servant. 4And when they came to Jesus, they entreated him importunately, saying, He is a worthy man on whom thou wilt confer this favour: 5for he loveth our nation, and hath himself built us a synagogue. 6Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion dispatched towards him friends, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not deserving that thou shouldest enter beneath my roof. 7Therefore neither did I think myself worthy to come unto thee, but speak in a word, and my servant will be cured. 8For I also am a man under authority, and have under my command soldiers; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come hither, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 9Then Jesus, on hearing these things, respected him highly, and turning to the multitude which was following him, he said, I tell you, I have not found such faith, even in Israel. 10And they who were sent, on their return to the house, found the servant who was sick in perfect health.
11And it came to pass the next day, that he went into a city called Nain; and a considerable number of his disciples went with him, and a vast multitude. 12And as he drew near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carrying out, an only son to his mother, and she a widow; and a great concourse of the city was with her. 13And when Jesus saw her, he was moved with compassion for her, and said unto her, Weep not. 14And approaching, he touched the bier: and the bearers stood still; and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Arise. 15And the dead man sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him to his mother. 16And fear fell on all, and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us, and that God hath looked down with mercy on his people. 17And this account respecting him went abroad through all Judea, and all the region adjacent.
18And his disciples informed John of all these things. 19And John calling two certain persons of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or are we to expect another? 20Then the men came to him, saying, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or are we to expect another? 21And in that very hour he cured many of diseases and acute complaints, and evil spirits; and to many blind persons he gave sight. 22And Jesus addressing them, said, Go, tell John what things ye have seen and heard: that the blind recover sight, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached unto them. 23And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended at me.
24Now when John’s messengers were departed, he began to speak to the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 25But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in delicate garments? Behold, they who indulge in soft raiment, and delicate food, are in king’s palaces. 26But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 27For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 28For I tell you, of those born from woman, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he. 29And all the people when they heard it, and the publicans, glorified God, being baptised with the baptism of John. 30But the Pharisees and teachers of the law rejected the counsel of God towards themselves, not being baptised by him.