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Thou also, Bethlehem of Judaea, art not the little among the kings of Judaea, for a king shall come from thee who shall rule my people Israel.

Blessed are the mourners: for they shall be comforted!

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth!

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be satiated!

Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercies!

Blessed are the clean in heart: for they shall behold God !

Blessed are the cultivators of peace: for they shall be called sons of God !

Ye are the salt of the earth! But if the salt become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned? It is fit for nothing; but to be thrown out, and be trodden under foot by men.

For verily I say to you, that until heaven and earth shall pass away, one iota or one letter shall not pass from the law, until all shall be fulfilled.

Therefore whoever shall break one of these small commands and shall so inculcate on the children of men, shall be called little in the kingdom of heaven: but every one that shall do and teach [fn] , shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

For I say to you, that unless your righteousness shall abound more than that of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

But I say to you, That every one who is angry with his brother rashly, is obnoxious to judgment: and every one that saith to his brother, Raka! is obnoxious to the council: and every one that shall say, Fool is obnoxious to hell-fire.

But if ye shall not forgive men, your Father also forgiveth not you your faults.

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thy eye shall be sound, thy whole body will be luminous.

But if thy eye shall be diseased, thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness !

Therefore I say to you: Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink; nor about your body, how ye shall clothe yourselves. Is not the life more important than food, and the body than raiment?

And who of you that shall be anxious, can add to his stature a cubit?

Therefore be not anxious; nor say, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink; or wherewith be clothed?

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

For with the judgment that ye judge, ye shall be judged; and by the measure that ye measure, shall it be measured to you.