25 Be 14 at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26 Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.

27 You have heard that it was said to them of old: 15 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

28 But I say to you: that whoso ever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29 And 16 if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than thy whole body be cast into hell.

30 And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish rather than that thy whole body go into hell.

31 And it hath been said: 17 Who. soever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

32 But I say to you, 18 that whoso ever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

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33 Again you have heard that it was said to them of old: 19 Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. 34 But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God:

35 Nor by the earth, for it is his foot-stool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:

36 Neither shalt thou swear by

Ver. 29. Scandalize thee. That is, if it be a stumbling block, or occasion of sin to thee. By which we are taught to fly the immediate occasions of sin, though they be as dear to us, or as necessary as a hand or an eye.

Ver. 34. Not to swear at all. It is not forbid to swear in truth, justice and judgment to the honour of God, or our own or neighbour's just defence, but only to swear rashly or profanely,

thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

37 But 20 let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

38 You have heard that it hath been said: 21 An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

39 But I say to you not to resist evil: 22 but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:

40 And 23 if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him;

41 And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two.

42 Give 24 to him that asketh of thee: and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.

43 You have heard that it hath been said: 25 Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy. 44 But I say to you: 26 Love your enemies, 27 do good to them that hate you: 28 and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

45 That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: who maketh his sun to rise upon the good and bad: and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

46 For if you love them, that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?

47 And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? Do not also the heathens this?

48 Be you therefore perfect as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

CHAP. 5.-1. A D. 31.-2. Luke 6, 20.3. Ps. 36, 11.-4. Isai. 61, 2.-5. Ps. 23, 4. -6.1 Pet. 2, 20 and 3, 14 and 4, 14.-7. Mark 9, 49; Luke 14, 34.-8. Mark 4, 21; Luke 8, 16 and 11, 33.-9. 1 Pet. 2, 12.-10. Luke 16, 17.-11. James 2, 10-12. Luke 11, 39.-13. Exod. 20, 13; Deut. 5, 17.-14. Luke 12. 58.-15. Exod. 20, 14.-16. Mark 9, 46; Matt. 18, 9.-17. Deut. 24. 1; Matt. 19, 7.-18. Mark 10, 11; Luke 16, 18: 1 Cor. 7, 10.-19. Exod. 20, 7; Levit. 19, 12; Deut. 5, 11; James 5, 12.-20. James 5, 12.-21. Exod. 21, 24; Levit. 24, 20: Deut. 19, 21.-22. Luke 6, 29.-23. 1 Cor. 6, 7.— 24. Deut. 15, 8.-25. Lev. 19, 18.-26. Luke 6, 27.-27. Rom. 12, 20.-28. Luke 23, 34; Acts 7, 59.

in common discourse and without necessity.

Ver. 39. Not to resist evil, &c. What

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CHAPTER VI.

A continuation of the sermon on the mount. AKE heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

3 But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth:

4 That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

5 And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

6 But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens; for they think that in their much-speaking they may be heard,

8 Be not you therefore like to them ; for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.

9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

is here commanded, is a Christian patience under injuries and affronts; and to be willing even to suffer still more, rather than to indulge the desire of revenge: but what is further added does not strictly oblige according to the_letter, for neither did Christ nor St. Paul turn the other cheek. St. John 18, and Acts 23.

CHAP. 6, ver. 2. Amen I say to you. This

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13 And lead us not int tion. But deliver us fro Amren.

14 For2 if you will forgive. their offences: your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences 15 But if you will not forgive men: neither will your Father for give you your offences.

16 And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad; for they disfigure their faces, that they may ap pear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

18 That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

19 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

20 But lay up to yourselves treas ures in heaven; where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.

21 For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.

22 The 4 light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single; thy whole body shall be lightsome,

23 But if thy eye be evil: thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness it self how great shall it be?

24 No 5 man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will sustam the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and

mammon.

25 Therefore I say to you be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body what you shall put on. Is not the life Hebrew word Amen, is here rotained, by the example and authority of all the four Evangelists, who have all retained it. It is used by our Lord as a strong asseveration or affirmation of the truth.

Ver. 11. Supersubstantial bread. In St. Luke the same word is rendered daily bread. It is understood of the bread of life, which we receive in the Blessed Sacrament.

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26 Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?

27 And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?

28 And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was array ed as one of these.

30 And if the grass of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith!

31 Be not solicitous, therefore, say ing: What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?

32 For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

33 Seek ye therefore first the king. dom of God, and his justice: and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Be not therefore solicitous for to-morrow. For the morrow will be solicitous for itself; sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

CHAP, 6.-1. Luke 11, 2.-2. Eccli. 28, 3 and 4 and 5; Matt. 18, 35; Mark 11, 25.3. Luke 12, 33; 1 Tim, 6, 19.-4. Luke 11, 34.-5. Luke 16, 13.-6. Ps. 54, 23; Luke 12, 22; Phil. 4, 6; 1 Tim. 6, 7; 1 Pet. 5, 7.

CHAPTER VII.

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

6 Give not that which is holy to dogs: neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

8 For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

9 Or4 what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?

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

11 If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

12 All 5 things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

13 Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.

14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves:

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thorns, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bring. eth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit: neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit:

19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.

20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

21 Not every one, that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?

23 And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you: 10 depart from me, you that work iniquity.

24 Every 1 one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man, that built his house upon a rock,

25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man, that built his house upon the sand,

27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.

28 And it came to pass: when JEsus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.

29 For 12 he was teaching them as one having power, and not as their scribes and Pharisees.

adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3 And JESUS stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will. Be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And JESUS saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thy self to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.

5 And 4 when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

6 And saying: Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented.

7 And JESUS saith to him: I will come and heal him.

8 And the centurion making answer, said: 5 Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

9 For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this: Go, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.

10 And Jesus hearing this, marvelled and said to them that fol. lowed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.

12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13 And JESUS said to the centu

16 And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were

titudes followed him:

17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Isaias 8 the prophet, saying: He took our infirmities: and bore our diseases.

18 And JESUS seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.

19 And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.

20 And JESUS saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.

34 And behold the whole city went out to meet JESUS: 13 and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.

CHAP. 8.-1. A. D. 31.-2. Mark 1, 40; Luke 5, 12.-3. Levit. 14, 2.-4. Luke 7, 1.-5. Luke 7, 6.-6. Malach. 1, 11.—7. Mark 1, 32.-8. Isai. 53, 4; 1 Pet. 2, 24.— 9. Luke 9, 58.-10. Mark 4, 36; Luke 8, 22. -11. Mark 5, 1; Luke 8, 26.-12. Mark 5.

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22 But JESUS said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

23 And 10 when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him: 24 And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.

25 And his disciples came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.

26 And JESUS saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.

27 But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?

28 And 11 when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.

29 And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, JESUS Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30 And 12 there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.

31 And the devils besought him saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

32 And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd run violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters. 33 And they that kept them fled:

CHAPTER IX.

Christ healeth one sick of the palsy: calieth Matthew: cureth the issue of blood: raiseth to life the daughter of Jairus: giveth sight to two blind men : and healeth a dumb man possessed by the devil.

ND entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.

2 And1 behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And JESUS seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

3 And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.

4 And JESUS seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?

5 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say: Arise and walk.

6 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, then said he to the man sick of the palsy: Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 7 And he arose, and went into his house.

8 And the multitudes seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.

9 And 2 when JESUS passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom-house, named Mat thew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he arose up, and followed him.

10 And it came to pass as he was