MATTHEW VI. 27—34; VII. 1—27.
27But who from among you^ being anxious^ can add to his stature one cubit ? 28And |about clothing| why are ye anxious? Consider well the lilies of the field, how they grow, — They toil not neither do they spin; 29And yet, I say unto you, ||Not even Solomon, in all his glory|| was arrayed like |one of these|! 30Now <if the grass of the field— which |to-day| is, and ||to-morrow|| |into an oven| is cast — God thus adorneth> Not much rather |you| little of faith? 31Do not then be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or Wherewithal shall we be arrayed? 32For ||all these things|| |the nations| seek after, — For your heavenly Father |knoweth] that ye are needing |all' these things]. 33But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness, — And |all these things| shall be added unto you. 34Do not, then, be anxious for the morrow ; |For the morrow| will be anxious |for itself|: |Sufficient for the day| is the evil thereof. 1Judge not, that ye be not judged; — 2For <with what judgment ye judge> shall ye be judged, — And <with what measure ye mete> shall it be measured unto you. 3Why, moreover, beholdest thou the mote, in the eye of thy brother, — While |the beam' in thine own' eye| thou dost not consider? 4Or how wilt thou say unto thy brother. Let me cast the mote out of thine eye, — When lo! ||a beam|| is in thine own' eye? 5Hypocrite! cast first |out of thine own eye| ||the beam||, — And |then| shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote, out of the eye of thy brother. 6Do not give what is holy unto dogs. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, — Lest once they trample |them| down with their feat. And, turning, tear ||you||. 7Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find, — Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you. 8For |whosoever asketh| receiveth. And |he that seeketh| findeth, — And |to him that knocketh| shall it be opened. 9Or what man |from among yourselves|, Whom his son shall ask for a loaf, — |A stone| will give him? 10Or |a fish also| shall ask, — |A serpent| will give him? 11<If then ||ye|| being |evil| know how |good gifts| to be giving unto your children> ||How much more|| will |your Father who is in the heavens| give good things to them that ask |him|? 12<Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you> ||So|| be ||ye also|| doing |unto them|, — For |this| is the law and the prophets. 13Enter[1] ye in at |the narrow' gate|; Because broad and roomy is the way[2] that leadeth unto destruction, — And |many| are they who enter thereby : 14Because |narrow| is the gate, and |confined| the way, that leadeth unto life, — And |few| are they who find |it|. 15Beware of false prophets, Who come unto you in clothing of sheep, — While |within| they are ravening wolves. 16|By their fruits|[3] shall ye find |them| out, — Unless perhaps men gather — <From thorns> grapes! Or <from thistles> figs! 17So ||every good tree|| |fine fruit| produceth, — Whereas ||the worthless' tree|| |evil fruit| produceth : 18It is |impossible| for a ||goodtree|| to be bearing |evil fruit|. Neither doth ||a worthless tree|| produce |fine fruit|. 19||Every' tree that beareth not fine fruit||[4] Is hewn down, and |into fire| is cast. 20After all then |by their fruits| shall ye find |them| out. 21||Not every one that saith unto me. Lord I Lord!|| shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, — But he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens. 22|Many| will say unto me, in |that| day, Lord! Lord![5] did we not in thy name prophesy,[6] And |in thy name| cast |demons| out, — And |in thy name| ||many works of power|| perform? 23And |then| will I confess unto them, |Never| have I acknowledged[7] you, — Depart from me^ ye workers of lawlessness![8] 24<Every one, therefore, who heareth [these] my words, and doeth them>[9] Shall be likened to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock; 25And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and rushed against that house, and it fell not; For it had been founded upon the rock. 26<And every one who heareth these my words, and doeth them not> Shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand; 27And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and dashed
