MATTHEW V. 42—48; VI. 1—26.
42 <To him who is asking thee> give ; And <him who is desiring from thee to borrow> do not thou turn away. 43 Ye have heard, that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbour^ and hate thine enemy. 44 But |I| say unto you. Be loving your enemies, And praying for them who are persecuting you: 45 That ye may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens ; Because |his sun| he maketh arise on evil and good, And sendeth rain, on just and unjust. 46 For <if ye love them that love you> what reward have ye ? are not ||even the taxcollectors|| |the same thing| doing? 47 And <if ye salute your brethren only> what |more than common| are ye doing? are not ||even the nations|| |the same thing| doing? 48 ||Ye|| therefore, shall become ||perfect|| : As |your heavenly Father| is — perfect. 6 [But] take heed, that ye do not |your righteousness] before men, to be gazed at by them, — ||otherwise at least|| |reward| have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens. 2 <When, therefore, thou mayest be doing an alms> do not sound a trumpet before thee, just as |the hypocrites| do, in the synagogues and in the streets — that they may be glorified by men, — |Verily| I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. 3 But <thou, when doing an alms> let not |thy left hand| know' what thy right hand is doing ; 4 that thine alms may be in secret, — and |thy Father, who seeth in secret| will give it back to thee. 5 And <when ye may be praying> ye shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love <in the synagogues, and at the corners of the broad ways> to take their stand and pray, that they may shine before men ; |Verily| I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. 6 But <thou, when thou wouldest pray> enter into thy closet, and^ fastening thy door pray^ unto thy Father who is in secret, — and ]thy Father who seeth in secret] will reward thee. 'And ]being at prayer] use not vain repetitions, just like the nations, — for they think, that |in their much speaking| they shall be heard ; 8 do not, therefore, make yourselves like them, for [God] your Father knoweth of what things ye have |need], before ye ask him. 9 ]Thus| therefore pray |ye| ^ : Our Father, who art in the heavens, — Hallowed be thy name, 10 Come may thy kingdom, — Accomplished* be thy will, |as in heaven| also on earth: 11 |Our needful bread| give us, this day; 12 And forgive us our debts, as |we also| have forgiven our debtors ; 13 And bring us not into temptation. But rescue us from the evil one.!" 14 For <if ye forgive men their faults> ||Your Father who is in the heavens|| will forgive |even you|; 15 But <if ye forgive not men [their faults]> Neither will your Father forgive |your faults|. 16 And <when ye may be fasting> become not ye, as the hypocrites, of sullen countenance, — for they darken their looks, that they may appear |unto men| to be fasting: |Verily| I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. 17 But<when |thou| art fasting> anoint thy head, and |thy face| wash,— 18 that thou do not appear ]unto men] to be fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret, — and |thy Father who seeth in secret] will reward thee. 19 Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where |moth and rust] do tarnish, and where ]thieves] dig through and steal; 20 but be laying up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where ]neither moth nor rust] doth tarnish, and where |thieves| dig not through nor steal: 21 for <where ]thy treasure] is> |there| will be |thy heart [also]|. 22 |The lamp of the body| is the eye : <If therefore thine eye be single> ]]Thy whole body]] shall be |light«d up| ; 23 But <if thine eye be |evil|> ||Thy whole body|| shall be |in the dark| ; — <If therefore ||the light which is in thee|| is |darkness|> ||The darkness|| |how great|! 24 ||Noone|| |unto two' masters| can be in service; For either ]the one| he will hate, and |the other] love. Or |one| he will hold to, and |the other| despise : Ye cannot be in service |unto God| and |unto Riches|.d 25 |For this cause] I say unto you : Be not anxious e for your life,' What ye shall eat [or what ye shall drink], — Or for your body. What ye shall put on : Is not ]the life] more than |the food|? And ]the body] than |the raiment|? 26 Observe intently ||the birds of the heaven||, — That they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, And yet ]your heavenly Father) feedeth |them] : Are not ||ye|| much better than |they|?Lev. xix. 1 . Lu. vi. 35. Deu. xviii. 13. Is. xxvi. 20; 2K. iv. 33. Lu. xi. 2-4.
More than "done" — "accepted," "obeyed," "brought to pass" "fulfilled" Cp. chap. xxvi. 42.
Ap: "Evil one."
Lu. xi. 34-36. Ap: "Mammon." Lu. xii. 31. Ap: "Soul."
