The Life of Jesus

But wo be to you that are rich: for ye haue receiued your consolation.

Wo be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wayle and weepe.

Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.

Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.

And vnto him that smiteth thee on ye one cheeke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coate also.

Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

For if yee loue them which loue you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.

And if ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners doe the same.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receiue, what thanke shall yee haue? for euen the sinners lend to sinners, to receiue the like.

Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.

Iudge not, and ye shall not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you againe.

And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

The disciple is not aboue his master: but whosoeuer will be a perfect disciple, shall bee as his master.

And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

Either howe canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first, and then shalt thou see, perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.

For it is not a good tree that bringeth foorth euill fruite: neither an euill tree, that bringeth foorth good fruite.

For euery tree is knowen by his owne fruite: for neither of thornes gather men figges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?

Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like:

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layde the fundation on a rocke: and when the waters arose, the flood beat vpon that house, and coulde not shake it: for it was grounded vpon a rocke.