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Anno DOMINI 31. 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 ¶ ^[1] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

^{20 [2]} But lay up for yourselves treasures 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 ¶ ^[3] 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 darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

²⁴ ¶ ^[4] No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. ^[5] Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, ^[6] Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

^{26 [7]} 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 cubit 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, O ye of little faith?

³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

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

^{33 [8]} 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.

CHAP. VII.

Anno DOMINI 31.

1 Christ proceedeth in his sermon to condemn rash judgement; 6 forbiddeth the prostitution of holy things; 7 recommendeth prayer; 13 exhorteth to enter in at the strait gate; 15 to beware of false prophets, who may be known by their fruits; 21 and not to be his disciples in profession only, but in practice; 24 he compareth doers of the word to houses built on a rock, those that are hearers only to houses built on the sand. 28 Christ endeth his sermon; the people are astonished at his doctrine.

JUDGE ^[9] not, that ye be not judged.

² For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: ^[10] and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

^{3 [11]} And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

⁴ Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

⁵ Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

⁶ ¶ ^[12] Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

⁷ ¶ ^[13] Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

⁸ For ^[14] every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

^{9 [15]} Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

¹⁰ Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

¹¹ If ye then, ^[16] being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

¹² Therefore all things ^[17] whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for ^[18] this is the law and the prophets.

¹³ ¶ ^[19] Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

¹⁴ ‖‖ Or, How. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

¹⁵ ¶ ^[20] Beware of false prophets, ^[21] which

1. s Prov. 23. 4.
   1 Tim. 6. 17.
   Hebr. 13. 5.
   James 5. 1, &c.
2. t Eccl^us 29. 11.
   ch. 19. 21.
   Luke 12. 33, 34. & 18. 22.
   1 Tim. 6. 19.
   1 Pet. 1. 4.
3. u Luke 11. 34, 36.
4. x Luke 16. 13.
5. y Gal. 1. 10.
   1 Tim. 6. 17.
   James 4. 4.
   1 John 2. 15.
6. z Ps. 55. 22.
   Luke 12. 22, 23.
   Phil. 4. 6.
   1 Pet. 5. 7.
7. a Job 38. 41.
   Ps. 147. 9.
   Luke 12. 24, &c.
8. b See 1 Kings 3. 13.
   Ps. 37. 25.
   Mark 10. 30.
   Luke 12. 31.
   1 Tim. 4. 8.
9. a Luke 6. 37.
   Rom. 2. 1. & 14. 3, 4, 10, 13.
   1 Cor. 4. 3, 5.
   James 4. 11, 12.
10. b Mark 4. 24.
    Luk. 6. 38.
11. c Luke 6. 41, 42.
12. d Prov. 9. 7, 8. & 23. 9.
    Acts 13. 45, 46.
13. e ch. 21. 22.
    Mark 11. 24.
    Luke 11. 9, 10. & 18. 1.
    John 14. 13. & 15. 7. & 16. 23, 24.
    Jam. 1. 5, 6.
    1 John 3. 22. & 5. 14, 15.
14. f Prov. 8. 17.
    Jer. 29. 12, 13.
15. g Luke 11. 11, 12, 13.
16. h Gen. 6. 5. & 8. 21.
17. i Tob 4. 15.
    Luke 6. 31.
18. k Lev. 19. 18.
    ch. 22. 40.
    Rom. 13. 8, 9, 10.
    Gal. 5. 14.
    1 Tim. 1. 5.
19. l Luke 13. 24.
20. m Deut. 13. 3.
    Jer. 23. 16.
    ch. 24. 4, 5, 11, 24.
    Mark 13. 22.
    Rom. 16. 17, 18.
    Ephes. 5. 6.
    Col. 2. 8.
    2 Pet. 2. 1, 2, 3.
    1 John 4. 1.
21. n Mic. 3. 5.
    2 Tim. 3. 5.