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2 And opening his mouth he began to teach them, saying,
3 “Blessed
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11 Blessed are you
12 Rejoice and be glad, because your reward
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside
14 You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,
15 nor do they light a lamp and place it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines on all those in the house.
16 In the
17 “Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy
18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.
19 Therefore whoever abolishes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever keeps
20 For I say to you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses
21 “You have heard that it was said to the
22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Stupid fool!’
23 Therefore if you present your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come
26 Truly I say to you, you will never come out of there until you have paid back the last penny!
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
28 But I say to you that everyone who 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 sin, tear it out and throw
30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw
31 “And it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to the
34 But I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, because it is the throne of God,
35 or by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet, or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great king.
36 And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
37 But let your statement be ‘Yes, yes; no, no,’ and anything beyond these 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 say to you, do not resist the evildoer, but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
40 And the one who wants to go to court with you and take your tunic,
41 And whoever forces you to go one mile,
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, ‘Love your neighbor’
44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
45 in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not the tax collectors also do the same?
47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing that is remarkable? Do not the Gentiles also do the same?
48 Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.