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And he came down with them00:00:19
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and stood on a level place,00:00:22
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and there was a large crowd of his disciples, . . .00:00:24
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Rabbi! Rabbi!00:00:26
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. . . and a great multitude of people00:00:28
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from all Judea and Jerusalem00:00:31
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and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,00:00:34
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who came to hear him00:00:38
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and to be healed of their sicknesses.00:00:42
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Rabbi.00:00:44
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Rabbi, please.00:00:49
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Thank you!00:01:14
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Please, Rabbi.00:01:50
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Even those troubled with unclean spirits00:01:53
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were cured.00:01:56
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And all the crowd were seeking to touch him,00:02:11
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because power was going out of him00:02:15
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and healing them all.00:02:17
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Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need,00:03:04
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since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.00:03:09
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Happy are those who mourn,00:03:13
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since they will be comforted.00:03:15
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Happy are the mild-tempered,00:03:19
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since they will inherit the earth.00:03:22
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Happy are those hungering00:03:27
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and thirsting for righteousness,00:03:29
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since they will be filled.00:03:32
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Happy are the merciful,00:03:36
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since they will be shown mercy.00:03:40
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Happy are the pure in heart,00:03:45
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since they will see God.00:03:47
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Happy are the peacemakers,00:03:53
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since they will be called sons of God.00:03:55
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Happy are those who have been persecuted00:04:00
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for righteousness’ sake,00:04:02
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since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.00:04:07
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Happy are you when people reproach you00:04:15
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and persecute you00:04:18
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and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing00:04:21
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against you for my sake.00:04:23
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Rejoice and be overjoyed,00:04:28
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since your reward is great in the heavens,00:04:32
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for in that way they persecuted00:04:35
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the prophets prior to you.00:04:37
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But woe to you who are rich,00:04:44
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for you are having your consolation in full.00:04:49
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Woe to you who are filled up now,00:04:53
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for you will go hungry.00:04:56
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Woe, you who are laughing now,00:05:00
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for you will mourn and weep.00:05:02
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Woe whenever all men speak well of you,00:05:07
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for this is what their forefathers did to the false prophets.00:05:11
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You are the salt of the earth,00:05:23
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but if the salt loses its strength,00:05:28
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how will its saltiness be restored?00:05:31
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It is no longer usable for anything00:05:34
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except to be thrown outside00:05:36
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to be trampled on by men.00:05:38
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You are the light of the world.00:05:45
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A city cannot be hid when located on a mountain.00:05:49
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People light a lamp and set it, not under a basket,00:05:54
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but on the lampstand,00:05:56
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and it shines on all those in the house.00:05:59
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Likewise, let your light shine before men,00:06:05
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so that they may see your fine works00:06:10
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and give glory to your Father who is in the heavens.00:06:13
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Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.00:06:27
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I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill.00:06:34
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Truly I say to you that sooner would heaven and earth00:06:42
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pass away than for one smallest letter00:06:45
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or one stroke of a letter to pass away from the Law00:06:48
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until all things take place.00:06:51
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Whoever, therefore,00:06:54
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breaks one of these least commandments00:06:57
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and teaches others to do so00:07:01
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will be called least in relation00:07:03
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to the Kingdom of the heavens.00:07:04
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But whoever does them and teaches them00:07:10
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will be called great in relation00:07:13
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to the Kingdom of the heavens.00:07:15
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For I say to you00:07:19
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that if your righteousness does not surpass00:07:22
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that of the scribes and the Pharisees,00:07:25
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you will by no means enter00:07:30
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into the Kingdom of the heavens.00:07:32
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You heard that it was said to those of ancient times:00:07:44
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“You must not murder,00:07:46
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“but whoever commits a murder will be accountable00:07:49
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to the court of justice.”00:07:51
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However, I say to you00:07:57
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that everyone who continues wrathful with his brother00:08:01
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will be accountable to the court of justice;00:08:03
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and whoever addresses his brother00:08:07
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with an unspeakable word of contempt00:08:10
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will be accountable to the Supreme Court;00:08:12
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whereas whoever says,00:08:20
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“You despicable fool!”00:08:22
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will be liable to the fiery Gehenna.00:08:25
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If, then, you are bringing your gift to the altar00:08:34
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and there you remember00:08:37
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that your brother has something against you,00:08:40
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leave your gift there in front of the altar,00:08:42
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and go away.00:08:45
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First make your peace with your brother,00:08:48
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and then come back and offer your gift.00:08:51
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Be quick to settle matters with your legal opponent,00:08:58
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while you are with him on the way there,00:09:00
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so that somehow the opponent00:09:02
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may not turn you over to the judge,00:09:05
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and the judge to the court attendant,00:09:08
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and you get thrown into prison.00:09:10
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I say to you for a fact,00:09:15
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you will certainly not come out of there00:09:17
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until you have paid over your last small coin.00:09:20
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You heard that it was said:00:09:26
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“You must not commit adultery.”00:09:29
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But I say to you00:09:32
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that everyone who keeps on looking at a woman00:09:36
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so as to have a passion for her00:09:38
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has already committed adultery with her in his heart.00:09:42
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If, now, your right eye is making you stumble,00:09:49
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tear it out and throw it away from you.00:09:54
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For it is better for you to lose one of your members00:09:57
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than for your whole body to be pitched into Gehenna.00:10:01
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Also, if your right hand is making you stumble,00:10:07
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cut it off and throw it away from you.00:10:11
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For it is better for you to lose one of your members00:10:14
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than for your whole body to land in Gehenna.00:10:17
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Moreover, it was said:00:10:22
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“Whoever divorces his wife,00:10:26
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let him give her a certificate of divorce.”00:10:29
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However, I say to you00:10:32
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that everyone divorcing his wife,00:10:34
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except on account of sexual immorality,00:10:39
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makes her a subject for adultery,00:10:43
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and whoever marries a divorced woman00:10:53
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commits adultery.00:10:55
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Again you heard that it was said00:11:02
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to those of ancient times:00:11:05
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“You must not swear without performing,00:11:08
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but you must pay your vows to Jehovah.”00:11:10
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However, I say to you:00:11:14
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Do not swear at all,00:11:18
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neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;00:11:21
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nor by earth, for it is the footstool of his feet;00:11:25
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nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.00:11:30
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Do not swear by your head,00:11:34
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since you cannot turn one hair white or black.00:11:38
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Just let your word “Yes” mean yes,00:11:44
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your “No,” no,00:11:48
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for what goes beyond these is from the wicked one.00:11:52
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You heard that it was said:00:11:57
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“Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.”00:12:00
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However, I say to you:00:12:03
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Do not resist the one who is wicked,00:12:05
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but whoever slaps you on your right cheek,00:12:09
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turn the other also to him.00:12:12
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And if a person wants to take you to court00:12:16
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and get possession of your inner garment,00:12:19
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let him also have your outer garment;00:12:21
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and if someone in authority00:12:25
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compels you into service for a mile,00:12:27
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go with him two miles.00:12:30
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Give to the one asking you,00:12:34
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and do not turn away from one00:12:36
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who wants to borrow from you.00:12:38
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You heard that it was said:00:12:43
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“You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.”00:12:48
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However, I say to you:00:12:53
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Continue to love your enemies00:12:56
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and to pray for those who persecute you,00:12:59
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so that you may prove yourselves00:13:02
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sons of your Father who is in the heavens,00:13:04
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since he makes his sun rise on both00:13:08
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the wicked and the good00:13:10
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and makes it rain on both the righteous00:13:13
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and the unrighteous.00:13:15
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For if you love those loving you,00:13:19
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what reward do you have?00:13:23
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Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing?00:13:27
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And if you do good to those doing good to you,00:13:40
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of what credit is it to you?00:13:42
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Even the sinners do the same.00:13:46
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And if you greet your brothers only,00:13:51
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what extraordinary thing are you doing?00:13:58
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Are not also the people of the nations00:14:02
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doing the same thing?00:14:05
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Also, if you lend00:14:08
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to those from whom you expect repayment,00:14:10
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of what credit is it to you?00:14:14
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Even sinners lend to sinners00:14:18
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so that they may get back as much.00:14:20
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On the contrary, continue to love your enemies00:14:27
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and to do good00:14:30
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and to lend without hoping for anything back;00:14:33
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and your reward will be great,00:14:37
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and you will be sons of the Most High,00:14:41
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for he is kind toward the unthankful and wicked.00:14:45
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You must accordingly be perfect,00:14:51
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as your heavenly Father is perfect.00:14:53
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Take care not to practice your righteousness00:15:00
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in front of men to be noticed by them;00:15:03
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otherwise you will have no reward with your Father00:15:06
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who is in the heavens.00:15:08
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So when you make gifts of mercy,00:15:12
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do not blow a trumpet ahead of you,00:15:16
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as the hypocrites do00:15:18
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in the synagogues and in the streets,00:15:21
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so that they may be glorified by men.00:15:27
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Truly I say to you,00:15:32
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they have their reward in full.00:15:34
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But you, when making gifts of mercy,00:15:42
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do not let your left hand know00:15:45
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what your right hand is doing,00:15:47
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so that your gifts of mercy may be in secret.00:15:51
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Then your Father who looks on in secret00:15:56
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will repay you.00:15:58
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Also, when you pray,00:16:02
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do not act like the hypocrites,00:16:05
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for they like to pray standing in the synagogues00:16:09
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and on the corners of the main streets00:16:14
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to be seen by men.00:16:18
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Truly I say to you,00:16:22
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they have their reward in full.00:16:24
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But when you pray,00:16:29
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go into your private room00:16:32
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and, after shutting your door,00:16:34
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pray to your Father who is in secret.00:16:37
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Then your Father who looks on in secret00:16:41
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will repay you.00:16:43
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When praying,00:16:47
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do not say the same things over and over again00:16:50
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as the people of the nations do,00:16:53
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for they imagine they will get a hearing00:16:56
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for their use of many words.00:16:59
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So do not be like them,00:17:02
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for your Father knows what you need00:17:04
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even before you ask him.00:17:06
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You must pray, then, this way:00:17:12
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“Our Father in the heavens,00:17:20
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“let your name be sanctified.00:17:24
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“Let your Kingdom come.00:17:28
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“Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.00:17:34
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“Give us today our bread for this day;00:17:39
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“and forgive us our debts,00:17:43
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“as we also have forgiven our debtors.00:17:45
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“And do not bring us into temptation,00:17:49
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but deliver us from the wicked one.”00:17:54
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For if you forgive men their trespasses,00:18:05
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your heavenly Father will also forgive you;00:18:09
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whereas if you do not forgive men their trespasses,00:18:16
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neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.00:18:19
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When you fast,00:18:30
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stop becoming sad-faced like the hypocrites,00:18:34
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for they disfigure their faces00:18:41
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so they may appear to men to be fasting.00:18:45
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Truly I say to you,00:18:49
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they have their reward in full.00:18:52
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But you, when fasting,00:18:56
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put oil on your head and wash your face,00:19:02
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so that you may not appear to be fasting to men00:19:05
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but only to your Father who is in secret.00:19:08
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Then your Father who looks on in secret00:19:13
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will repay you.00:19:15
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Stop storing up for yourselves treasures on the earth,00:19:23
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where moth and rust consume00:19:27
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and where thieves break in and steal.00:19:29
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Rather, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,00:19:35
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where neither moth nor rust consumes,00:19:39
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and where thieves do not break in and steal.00:19:42
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For where your treasure is,00:19:46
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there your heart will be also.00:19:48
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The lamp of the body is the eye.00:19:55
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If, then, your eye is focused,00:19:59
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your whole body will be bright.00:20:01
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But if your eye is envious,00:20:06
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your whole body will be dark.00:20:08
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If the light that is in you is really darkness,00:20:13
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how great that darkness is!00:20:17
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No one can slave for two masters;00:20:26
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for either he will hate the one and love the other,00:20:31
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or he will stick to the one and despise the other.00:20:34
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You cannot slave for God00:20:39
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and for Riches.00:20:41
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On this account I say to you:00:20:44
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Stop being anxious about your lives00:20:49
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as to what you will eat or what you will drink,00:20:52
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or about your bodies as to what you will wear.00:20:57
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Does not life mean more than food00:21:02
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and the body than clothing?00:21:04
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Observe intently the birds of heaven;00:21:13
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they do not sow seed or reap00:21:18
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or gather into storehouses,00:21:23
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yet your heavenly Father feeds them.00:21:29
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Are you not worth more than they are?00:21:35
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Who of you by being anxious00:21:41
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can add one cubit to his life span?00:21:44
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Also, why are you anxious about clothing?00:21:51
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Take a lesson from the lilies of the field,00:21:54
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how they grow;00:21:56
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they do not toil,00:22:00
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nor do they spin;00:22:03
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but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory00:22:09
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was arrayed as one of these.00:22:12
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Now if this is how God00:22:16
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clothes the vegetation of the field00:22:19
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that is here today00:22:20
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and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,00:22:22
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will he not much rather clothe you,00:22:26
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you with little faith?00:22:30
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So never be anxious and say, “What are we to eat?”00:22:37
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or, “What are we to drink?”00:22:39
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or, “What are we to wear?” 00:22:42
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For all these are the things the nations00:22:44
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are eagerly pursuing.00:22:46
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Your heavenly Father knows00:22:49
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that you need all these things.00:22:52
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Keep on, then,00:23:02
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seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness,00:23:07
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and all these other things will be added to you.00:23:10
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So never be anxious about the next day,00:23:20
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for the next day will have its own anxieties.00:23:24
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Each day has enough of its own troubles.00:23:28
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Stop judging00:23:36
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that you may not be judged;00:23:39
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for with the judgment you are judging,00:23:43
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you will be judged,00:23:45
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and with the measure that you are measuring out,00:23:50
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they will measure out to you.00:23:53
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Why, then,00:23:57
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do you look at the straw in your brother’s eye00:23:59
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but do not notice the rafter in your own eye?00:24:03
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Or how can you say to your brother,00:24:08
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“Allow me to remove the straw from your eye,”00:24:11
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when look!00:24:12
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a rafter is in your own eye?00:24:15
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Hypocrite!00:24:18
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First remove the rafter from your own eye,00:24:22
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and then you will see clearly00:24:24
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how to remove the straw from your brother’s eye.00:24:26
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Practice giving,00:24:33
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and people will give to you.00:24:35
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They will pour into your laps a fine measure,00:24:41
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pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing.00:24:45
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For with the measure that you are measuring out,00:24:50
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they will measure out to you in return.00:24:53
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Do not give what is holy to dogs00:24:59
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nor throw your pearls before swine,00:25:02
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so that they may never trample them under their feet00:25:06
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and turn around and rip you open.00:25:08
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Keep on asking, and it will be given you;00:25:15
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keep on seeking, and you will find;00:25:20
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keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you;00:25:26
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for everyone asking receives,00:25:30
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and everyone seeking finds,00:25:32
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and to everyone knocking, it will be opened.00:25:37
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Indeed, which one of you,00:25:41
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if his son asks for bread, will hand him a stone?00:25:44
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Or if he asks for a fish,00:25:49
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he will not hand him a serpent, will he?00:25:51
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Therefore, if you, although being wicked,00:25:58
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know how to give good gifts to your children,00:26:02
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how much more so will your Father who is in the heavens00:26:05
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give good things to those asking him!00:26:08
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All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you,00:26:16
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you also must do to them.00:26:18
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This, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean.00:26:26
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Go in through the narrow gate,00:26:37
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because broad is the gate00:26:40
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and spacious is the road leading off into destruction,00:26:45
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and many are going in through it;00:26:47
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whereas narrow is the gate00:26:51
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and cramped the road leading off into life,00:26:54
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and few are finding it.00:26:56
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Be on the watch for the false prophets00:27:01
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who come to you in sheep’s covering,00:27:04
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but inside they are ravenous wolves.00:27:07
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By their fruits you will recognize them.00:27:12
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Never do people gather grapes from thorns00:27:17
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or figs from thistles, do they?00:27:20
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Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit,00:27:25
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but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit.00:27:30
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A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit,00:27:35
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nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit.00:27:38
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Every tree not producing fine fruit00:27:44
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is cut down and thrown into the fire.00:27:48
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Really, then,00:27:54
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by their fruits you will recognize those men.00:27:58
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Not everyone saying to me,00:28:02
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“Lord, Lord,”00:28:04
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will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens,00:28:06
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but only the one doing the will of my Father00:28:11
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who is in the heavens will.00:28:13
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Many will say to me in that day:00:28:17
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“Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name,00:28:21
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“and expel demons in your name,00:28:24
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and perform many powerful works in your name?”00:28:27
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And then I will declare to them:00:28:32
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“I never knew you!00:28:34
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Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!”00:28:38
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Therefore,00:28:44
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everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does them00:28:48
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will be like a discreet man00:28:51
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who built his house on the rock.00:28:56
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And the rain poured down00:29:08
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and the floods came00:29:10
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and the winds blew and lashed against that house,00:29:14
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but it did not cave in,00:29:18
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for it had been founded on the rock.00:29:21
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Furthermore,00:29:27
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everyone hearing these sayings of mine00:29:30
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and not doing them00:29:32
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will be like a foolish man00:29:35
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who built his house on the sand.00:29:37
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And the rain poured down00:29:41
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and the floods came00:29:43
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and the winds blew and struck against that house,00:29:46
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and it caved in,00:29:50
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and its collapse was great.00:29:55
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When Jesus finished these sayings,00:30:04
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the effect00:30:08
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was that the crowds were astounded00:30:12
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at his way of teaching,00:30:14
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for he was teaching them00:30:20
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as a person having authority,00:30:23
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and not as their scribes.00:30:27
Episode 5: “Astounded at His Way of Teaching”
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Episode 5: “Astounded at His Way of Teaching”
And he came down with them
and stood on a level place,
and there was a large crowd of his disciples, . . .
Rabbi! Rabbi!
. . . and a great multitude of people
from all Judea and Jerusalem
and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,
who came to hear him
and to be healed of their sicknesses.
Rabbi.
Rabbi, please.
Thank you!
Please, Rabbi.
Even those troubled with unclean spirits
were cured.
And all the crowd were seeking to touch him,
because power was going out of him
and healing them all.
Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need,
since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.
Happy are those who mourn,
since they will be comforted.
Happy are the mild-tempered,
since they will inherit the earth.
Happy are those hungering
and thirsting for righteousness,
since they will be filled.
Happy are the merciful,
since they will be shown mercy.
Happy are the pure in heart,
since they will see God.
Happy are the peacemakers,
since they will be called sons of God.
Happy are those who have been persecuted
for righteousness’ sake,
since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.
Happy are you when people reproach you
and persecute you
and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing
against you for my sake.
Rejoice and be overjoyed,
since your reward is great in the heavens,
for in that way they persecuted
the prophets prior to you.
But woe to you who are rich,
for you are having your consolation in full.
Woe to you who are filled up now,
for you will go hungry.
Woe, you who are laughing now,
for you will mourn and weep.
Woe whenever all men speak well of you,
for this is what their forefathers did to the false prophets.
You are the salt of the earth,
but if the salt loses its strength,
how will its saltiness be restored?
It is no longer usable for anything
except to be thrown outside
to be trampled on by men.
You are the light of the world.
A city cannot be hid when located on a mountain.
People light a lamp and set it, not under a basket,
but on the lampstand,
and it shines on all those in the house.
Likewise, let your light shine before men,
so that they may see your fine works
and give glory to your Father who is in the heavens.
Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.
I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill.
Truly I say to you that sooner would heaven and earth
pass away than for one smallest letter
or one stroke of a letter to pass away from the Law
until all things take place.
Whoever, therefore,
breaks one of these least commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in relation
to the Kingdom of the heavens.
But whoever does them and teaches them
will be called great in relation
to the Kingdom of the heavens.
For I say to you
that if your righteousness does not surpass
that of the scribes and the Pharisees,
you will by no means enter
into the Kingdom of the heavens.
You heard that it was said to those of ancient times:
“You must not murder,
“but whoever commits a murder will be accountable
to the court of justice.”
However, I say to you
that everyone who continues wrathful with his brother
will be accountable to the court of justice;
and whoever addresses his brother
with an unspeakable word of contempt
will be accountable to the Supreme Court;
whereas whoever says,
“You despicable fool!”
will be liable to the fiery Gehenna.
If, then, you are bringing your gift to the altar
and there you remember
that your brother has something against you,
leave your gift there in front of the altar,
and go away.
First make your peace with your brother,
and then come back and offer your gift.
Be quick to settle matters with your legal opponent,
while you are with him on the way there,
so that somehow the opponent
may not turn you over to the judge,
and the judge to the court attendant,
and you get thrown into prison.
I say to you for a fact,
you will certainly not come out of there
until you have paid over your last small coin.
You heard that it was said:
“You must not commit adultery.”
But I say to you
that everyone who keeps on looking at a woman
so as to have a passion for her
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
If, now, your right eye is making you stumble,
tear it out and throw it away from you.
For it is better for you to lose one of your members
than for your whole body to be pitched into Gehenna.
Also, if your right hand is making you stumble,
cut it off and throw it away from you.
For it is better for you to lose one of your members
than for your whole body to land in Gehenna.
Moreover, it was said:
“Whoever divorces his wife,
let him give her a certificate of divorce.”
However, I say to you
that everyone divorcing his wife,
except on account of sexual immorality,
makes her a subject for adultery,
and whoever marries a divorced woman
commits adultery.
Again you heard that it was said
to those of ancient times:
“You must not swear without performing,
but you must pay your vows to Jehovah.”
However, I say to you:
Do not swear at all,
neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
nor by earth, for it is the footstool of his feet;
nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Do not swear by your head,
since you cannot turn one hair white or black.
Just let your word “Yes” mean yes,
your “No,” no,
for what goes beyond these is from the wicked one.
You heard that it was said:
“Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.”
However, I say to you:
Do not resist the one who is wicked,
but whoever slaps you on your right cheek,
turn the other also to him.
And if a person wants to take you to court
and get possession of your inner garment,
let him also have your outer garment;
and if someone in authority
compels you into service for a mile,
go with him two miles.
Give to the one asking you,
and do not turn away from one
who wants to borrow from you.
You heard that it was said:
“You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.”
However, I say to you:
Continue to love your enemies
and to pray for those who persecute you,
so that you may prove yourselves
sons of your Father who is in the heavens,
since he makes his sun rise on both
the wicked and the good
and makes it rain on both the righteous
and the unrighteous.
For if you love those loving you,
what reward do you have?
Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing?
And if you do good to those doing good to you,
of what credit is it to you?
Even the sinners do the same.
And if you greet your brothers only,
what extraordinary thing are you doing?
Are not also the people of the nations
doing the same thing?
Also, if you lend
to those from whom you expect repayment,
of what credit is it to you?
Even sinners lend to sinners
so that they may get back as much.
On the contrary, continue to love your enemies
and to do good
and to lend without hoping for anything back;
and your reward will be great,
and you will be sons of the Most High,
for he is kind toward the unthankful and wicked.
You must accordingly be perfect,
as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Take care not to practice your righteousness
in front of men to be noticed by them;
otherwise you will have no reward with your Father
who is in the heavens.
So when you make gifts of mercy,
do not blow a trumpet ahead of you,
as the hypocrites do
in the synagogues and in the streets,
so that they may be glorified by men.
Truly I say to you,
they have their reward in full.
But you, when making gifts of mercy,
do not let your left hand know
what your right hand is doing,
so that your gifts of mercy may be in secret.
Then your Father who looks on in secret
will repay you.
Also, when you pray,
do not act like the hypocrites,
for they like to pray standing in the synagogues
and on the corners of the main streets
to be seen by men.
Truly I say to you,
they have their reward in full.
But when you pray,
go into your private room
and, after shutting your door,
pray to your Father who is in secret.
Then your Father who looks on in secret
will repay you.
When praying,
do not say the same things over and over again
as the people of the nations do,
for they imagine they will get a hearing
for their use of many words.
So do not be like them,
for your Father knows what you need
even before you ask him.
You must pray, then, this way:
“Our Father in the heavens,
“let your name be sanctified.
“Let your Kingdom come.
“Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.
“Give us today our bread for this day;
“and forgive us our debts,
“as we also have forgiven our debtors.
“And do not bring us into temptation,
but deliver us from the wicked one.”
For if you forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
whereas if you do not forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
When you fast,
stop becoming sad-faced like the hypocrites,
for they disfigure their faces
so they may appear to men to be fasting.
Truly I say to you,
they have their reward in full.
But you, when fasting,
put oil on your head and wash your face,
so that you may not appear to be fasting to men
but only to your Father who is in secret.
Then your Father who looks on in secret
will repay you.
Stop storing up for yourselves treasures on the earth,
where moth and rust consume
and where thieves break in and steal.
Rather, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust consumes,
and where thieves do not break in and steal.
For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.
The lamp of the body is the eye.
If, then, your eye is focused,
your whole body will be bright.
But if your eye is envious,
your whole body will be dark.
If the light that is in you is really darkness,
how great that darkness is!
No one can slave for two masters;
for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will stick to the one and despise the other.
You cannot slave for God
and for Riches.
On this account I say to you:
Stop being anxious about your lives
as to what you will eat or what you will drink,
or about your bodies as to what you will wear.
Does not life mean more than food
and the body than clothing?
Observe intently the birds of heaven;
they do not sow seed or reap
or gather into storehouses,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth more than they are?
Who of you by being anxious
can add one cubit to his life span?
Also, why are you anxious about clothing?
Take a lesson from the lilies of the field,
how they grow;
they do not toil,
nor do they spin;
but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory
was arrayed as one of these.
Now if this is how God
clothes the vegetation of the field
that is here today
and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
will he not much rather clothe you,
you with little faith?
So never be anxious and say, “What are we to eat?”
or, “What are we to drink?”
or, “What are we to wear?”
For all these are the things the nations
are eagerly pursuing.
Your heavenly Father knows
that you need all these things.
Keep on, then,
seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these other things will be added to you.
So never be anxious about the next day,
for the next day will have its own anxieties.
Each day has enough of its own troubles.
Stop judging
that you may not be judged;
for with the judgment you are judging,
you will be judged,
and with the measure that you are measuring out,
they will measure out to you.
Why, then,
do you look at the straw in your brother’s eye
but do not notice the rafter in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother,
“Allow me to remove the straw from your eye,”
when look!
a rafter is in your own eye?
Hypocrite!
First remove the rafter from your own eye,
and then you will see clearly
how to remove the straw from your brother’s eye.
Practice giving,
and people will give to you.
They will pour into your laps a fine measure,
pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing.
For with the measure that you are measuring out,
they will measure out to you in return.
Do not give what is holy to dogs
nor throw your pearls before swine,
so that they may never trample them under their feet
and turn around and rip you open.
Keep on asking, and it will be given you;
keep on seeking, and you will find;
keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you;
for everyone asking receives,
and everyone seeking finds,
and to everyone knocking, it will be opened.
Indeed, which one of you,
if his son asks for bread, will hand him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish,
he will not hand him a serpent, will he?
Therefore, if you, although being wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more so will your Father who is in the heavens
give good things to those asking him!
All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you,
you also must do to them.
This, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean.
Go in through the narrow gate,
because broad is the gate
and spacious is the road leading off into destruction,
and many are going in through it;
whereas narrow is the gate
and cramped the road leading off into life,
and few are finding it.
Be on the watch for the false prophets
who come to you in sheep’s covering,
but inside they are ravenous wolves.
By their fruits you will recognize them.
Never do people gather grapes from thorns
or figs from thistles, do they?
Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit,
but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit.
A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit,
nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit.
Every tree not producing fine fruit
is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Really, then,
by their fruits you will recognize those men.
Not everyone saying to me,
“Lord, Lord,”
will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens,
but only the one doing the will of my Father
who is in the heavens will.
Many will say to me in that day:
“Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name,
“and expel demons in your name,
and perform many powerful works in your name?”
And then I will declare to them:
“I never knew you!
Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!”
Therefore,
everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does them
will be like a discreet man
who built his house on the rock.
And the rain poured down
and the floods came
and the winds blew and lashed against that house,
but it did not cave in,
for it had been founded on the rock.
Furthermore,
everyone hearing these sayings of mine
and not doing them
will be like a foolish man
who built his house on the sand.
And the rain poured down
and the floods came
and the winds blew and struck against that house,
and it caved in,
and its collapse was great.
When Jesus finished these sayings,
the effect
was that the crowds were astounded
at his way of teaching,
for he was teaching them
as a person having authority,
and not as their scribes.
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