Jesus

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

but I--I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things?

and then I will acknowledge to them, that--I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

`And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,