and the measure which you deal to others will be dealt to you.

WHY do you look at the straw in your broth- 3 er's eye, and not consider the beam in your own eye? Or how will you say to your brother, 4 Let me take the straw out of your eye; when, lo! there is a beam in your own eye? Hypo- 5 crite! first put the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the straw out of your brother's eye.

GIVE not what is holy to dogs, nor cast your 6 pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot, and turn upon you and rend you.

ASK, and it will be given you; seek, and you 7 will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For every one who asks, receives; & and he who seeks, finds; and for him who knocks, the door will be opened. Who among 9 you, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone? or, if he ask for a fish, will give him 10 a serpent?

If you, then, though evil, give your chil- 11

Ch. vii. 7-11. Compare Luke xi. 9-13.

dren what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him!

12 Do, then, to others whatever you would that they should do to you; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

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ENTER through the narrow gate. For the gate which leads to destruction is wide, and the way broad, and there are many who enter it. 14 How strait is the gate, and narrow the way, leading to life!- and there are few who find it.

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BEWARE of the false teachers who come to you as sheep in outward appearance, but are 16 ravenous wolves within. You may know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from 17 thorns, or figs from thistles? Every good tree bears good fruit; and every bad tree, bad 18 fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor 19 a bad tree good fruit. Every tree that bears

not good fruit will be cut down and cast into 20 the fire. So then by their fruits you may

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know them.

NOT every one who says to me, Master,

Master, will enter the kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. Though many should say to me at that time, 22 Master, Master, have we not taught in thy name, and in thy name cast out dæmons, and in thy name done many miracles? yet shall I then 23 declare to them, I never knew you. Depart from me, ye whose deeds are evil.

WHOEVER, then, hears these words of mine 24 and does accordingly, I will compare him to a wise man who builds his house on a rock; and 25 the rain descends, and the torrents come, and the winds blow, and they beat against that house, and it falls not, for it is founded on a rock. And whoever hears these words of mine 26 and does not accordingly, shall be compared to a foolish man who builds his house on the sand; and the rain descends, and the torrents 27 come, and the winds blow, and they beat against that house, and it falls, and its ruin is complete.

AND when Jesus had finished his discourse, 28 the multitudes were astonished at his teaching; for he taught them as one having authority, and 29

8 not as the teachers of the Law. And when he came down from the mountain, great numbers followed him.

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AND lo! a leper came and bowed down before him, saying, Master, if you will, you can 3 make me clean. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And he was immediately cleansed from 4 his leprosy. And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and make the offering which Moses directed, for a proof to the people.

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THEN, as he entered Capernaum, a centurion 6 met him, and entreated him, saying, Master, my servant is lying sick in my house, with a palsy, 7 suffering greatly. And Jesus said to him, I 8 will go and heal him. And the centurion answered, Master, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. Speak but a › word, and my servant will be made well. even I, who am a man under command, have soldiers under me, and I say to one, Go, and he

For

Ch. viii. 2-4. Compare Mark i. 40-45; Luke v. 12-16.
Verses 5-13. Compare Luke vii. 1–10.

goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. And Jesus, when he heard this, wondered, and 10 said to those about him, Truly I say to you, I have not found such faith in Israel. And I tell 11 you, Many will come from the East and the West, and place themselves at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven, but the sons of the kingdom will be 12 cast forth into the outer darkness, where will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus 13 said to the centurion, Go, and be it with you according to your faith. And at that hour his servant was made well.

AND when Jesus came to Peter's house, he 14 saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever. And he took hold of her hand, and the 15 fever left her; and she arose and waited on them.

AND when it was evening, they brought to 16 him many dæmoniacs, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and he cured all who were

Verses 14-16. Compare Mark i. 29-34; Luke iv. 38-41.