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And he said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, that he will command his angels concerning you, and they will bear you up on their hands, so that even your foot may not strike a stone.

And while he was walking by the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter and his brother Andrew, who were casting nets into the sea, for they were fishermen.

And when he left that place he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a ship with Zebedee their father, repairing their nets; and Jesus called them.

And his fame was heard throughout Syria; so they brought to him all who were badly afflicted with divers sickness, and those who were tormented with pains, and the insane, and the epileptics, and the cripples; and he healed them.

WHEN Jesus saw the crowds, he went up to the mountain; and as he sat down, his disciples drew near to him.

And he opened his mouth and taught them, and he said,

But I say to you, that whoever becomes angry with his brother for no reason, is guilty before the court: and whoever should say to his brother, Raca (which means, I spit on you) is guilty before the congregation; and whoever says to his brother, you are a nurse maid, is condemned to hell fire.

But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman with the desire to covet her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

It has been said that whoever divorces his wife, must give her the divorce papers.

But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is separated but not divorced, commits adultery.

Nor by the earth, for it is a stool under his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of a great king.

So that you may become sons of your Father who is in heaven, who causes his sun to shine upon the good and upon the bad, and who pours down his rain upon the just and upon the unjust.

Who is among you who by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

But I say to you, that not even Solomon with all of his glory was covered like one of them.

But you seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all of these things shall be added to you.

Or who is the man among you, who when his son asks him for bread, why, will he hand him a stone?

Therefore whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, he is like a wise man, who built his house upon a rock.

And whoever hears these words of mine, and does them not, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon sand.

And it happened when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were stunned at his teaching.

And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and he said, I do wish, be cleansed. And in that hour his leprosy was cleansed.