5SEEING THE crowds, He went up on the mountain; and when He was seated, His disciples came to Him.G1161G1492G3793G305G1519G3735G2532G846G2523G846G3101G4334G8462Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:G2532G455G846G4750G1321G846G30043Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!G3107G4434G4151G3754G846G2076G932G37724Blessed {and} enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted!G3107G3996G3754G846G38705Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild, patient, long-suffering), for they shall inherit the earth!G3107G4239G3754G846G2816G10936Blessed {and} fortunate {and} happy {and} spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied!G3107G3588G3983G2532G1372G1343G3754G846G55267Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!G3107G1655G3754G846G16538Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous--possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God!G3107G2513G2588G3754G846G3700G23169Blessed (enjoying enviable happiness, spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers {and} maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God!G3107G1518G3754G846G2564G5207G231610Blessed {and} happy {and} enviably fortunate {and} spiritually prosperous (in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!G3107G1377G1752G1343G3754G846G2076G932G377211Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account.G3107G2075G3752G3679G5209G2532G1377G2532G2036G3956G4190G4487G2596G5216G5574G1752G170012Be glad {and} supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.]G5463G2532G21G3754G4183G5216G3408G1722G3772G1063G3779G1377G4396G3588G4253G521613You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.G5210G2075G217G1093G1161G1437G217G3471G1722G5101G233G2089G2480G1519G3762G1508G906G1854G2532G2662G5259G44414You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.G5210G2075G5457G2889G4172G2749G1883G3735G3756G1410G292815Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.G3761G2545G3088G2532G5087G846G5259G3426G235G1909G3087G2532G2989G3956G1722G361416Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence {and} your praiseworthy, noble, {and} good deeds and recognize {and} honor {and} praise {and} glorify your Father Who is in heaven.G5216G5457G3779G2989G1715G444G3704G1492G5216G2570G2041G2532G1392G5216G3962G3588G1722G377217Do not think that I have come to do away with {or} undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with {or} undo but to complete {and} fulfill them.G3543G3361G3754G2064G2647G3551G2228G4396G2064G3756G2064G2647G235G413718For truly I tell you, until the sky and earth pass away {and} perish, not one smallest letter nor one little hook [identifying certain Hebrew letters] will pass from the Law until all things [it foreshadows] are accomplished.G1063G281G3004G5213G2193G302G3772G2532G1093G3928G1520G2503G2228G3391G2762G3364G3928G575G3551G2193G302G3956G109619Whoever then breaks {or} does away with {or} relaxes one of the least [important] of these commandments and teaches men so shall be called least [important] in the kingdom of heaven, but he who practices them and teaches others to do so shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.G3739G1437G3767G3089G3391G5130G1646G1785G2532G1321G444G3779G2564G1646G1722G932G3772G1161G3739G302G4160G2532G1321G3778G2564G3173G1722G932G377220For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.G1063G3004G5213G3754G3362G5216G1343G4052G4119G1122G2532G5330G3364G1525G1519G932G377221You have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not kill, and whoever kills shall be liable to {and} unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court.G191G3754G4483G744G5407G3756G5407G1161G3739G302G5407G2071G1777G292022But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother {or} harbors malice (enmity of heart) against him shall be liable to {and} unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court; and whoever speaks contemptuously {and} insultingly to his brother shall be liable to {and} unable to escape the punishment imposed by the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, You cursed fool! [You empty-headed idiot!] shall be liable to {and} unable to escape the hell (Gehenna) of fire.G1161G1473G3004G5213G3754G3956G3710G846G80G1500G2071G1777G2920G1161G3739G302G2036G846G80G4469G2071G1777G4892G1161G3739G302G2036G3474G2071G1777G1519G1067G444223So if when you are offering your gift at the altar you there remember that your brother has any [grievance] against you,G3767G1437G4374G4675G1435G1909G2379G2546G3415G3754G4675G80G2192G5100G2596G467524Leave your gift at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come back {and} present your gift.G863G1563G4675G1435G1715G2379G2532G5217G4412G1259G4675G80G2532G5119G2064G4374G4675G143525Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way traveling with him, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.G2468G2132G4675G476G5035G2193G3755G1488G1722G3598G3326G846G3379G476G3860G4571G2923G2532G2923G3860G4571G5257G2532G906G1519G543826Truly I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last fraction of a penny.G281G3004G4671G1831G3364G1831G1564G2193G302G591G2078G283527You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery.G191G3754G4483G744G3431G3756G343128But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.G1161G1473G3004G5213G3754G3956G991G1135G4314G1937G846G3431G846G2235G1722G846G258829If your right eye serves as a trap to ensnare you {or} is an occasion for you to stumble {and} sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be cast into hell (Gehenna).G1161G1487G4675G1188G3788G4624G4571G1807G846G1807G2532G906G575G4675G1063G4851G4671G2443G1520G4675G3196G622G2532G3361G4675G3650G4983G906G1519G106730And if your right hand serves as a trap to ensnare you {or} is an occasion for you to stumble {and} sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your entire body should be cast into hell (Gehenna).G2532G1487G4675G1188G5495G4624G4571G1581G846G1581G2532G906G575G4675G1063G4851G4671G2443G1520G4675G3196G622G2532G3361G4675G3650G4983G906G1519G106731It has also been said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.G1161G4483G3754G3739G302G630G846G1135G1325G846G64732But I tell you, Whoever dismisses {and} repudiates {and} divorces his wife, except on the grounds of unfaithfulness (sexual immorality), causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits adultery.G1161G1473G3004G5213G3754G3739G302G630G846G1135G3924G3056G4202G4160G846G3429G2532G3739G1437G1060G630G342933Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord [as a religious duty].G3825G191G3754G4483G744G1964G3756G1964G1161G591G2962G4675G372734But I tell you, Do not bind yourselves by an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is the throne of God;G1161G1473G3004G5213G3660G3361G3654G3383G1722G3772G3754G2076G2316G236235Or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.G3383G1722G1093G3754G2076G846G4228G5286G3383G1519G2414G3754G2076G4172G3173G93536And do not swear by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black.G3383G3660G1722G4675G2776G3754G1410G3756G4160G3391G2359G3022G2228G318937Let your Yes be simply Yes, and your No be simply No; anything more than that comes from the evil one.G1161G2077G5216G3056G2077G3483G3483G3756G3756G1161G4053G5130G2076G1537G419038You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.G191G3754G4483G3788G473G3788G2532G3599G473G359939But I say to you, Do not resist the evil man [who injures you]; but if anyone strikes you on the right jaw {or} cheek, turn to him the other one too.G1161G1473G3004G5213G436G3361G4190G235G3748G4474G4571G1909G4675G1188G4600G4762G846G243G253240And if anyone wants to sue you and take your undershirt (tunic), let him have your coat also.G2532G2309G2919G4671G2919G2532G2983G4675G5509G863G846G863G2440G253241And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two [miles].G2532G3748G29G4571G29G1520G3400G5217G3326G846G141742Give to him who keeps on begging from you, and do not turn away from him who would borrow [at interest] from you.G1325G154G4571G2532G2309G1155G575G4675G654G3361G65443You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy;G191G3754G4483G25G4675G4139G2532G3404G4675G219044But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,G1161G1473G3004G5213G25G5216G2190G2127G2672G5209G4160G2573G3404G5209G2532G4336G5228G3588G1908G5209G2532G1377G520945To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike].G3704G1096G5207G5216G3962G3588G1722G3772G3754G393G846G2246G393G1909G4190G2532G18G2532G1026G1909G1342G2532G9446For if you love those who love you, what reward can you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that?G1063G1437G25G3588G25G5209G5101G3408G2192G4160G3780G2532G5057G84647And if you greet only your brethren, what more than others are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles (the heathen) do that?G2532G1437G782G5216G80G3440G5101G4160G4053G4160G3780G2532G5057G377948You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect.G2071G5210G3767G5046G5618G5216G3962G3588G1722G3772G2076G5046
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