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MATTHEW VI. 27—34; VII. 1—27.

²⁷ But who from among you､ being anxious､ can add to his stature one cubit? ²⁸ And |about clothing| why are ye anxious? Consider well the lilies of the field, how they grow,— They toil not neither do they spin; ²⁹ And yet, I say unto you, ||Not even Solomon, in all his glory|| was arrayed like |one of these|! ³⁰ Now <if the grass of the field— which |to-day| is, and ||to-morrow|| |into an oven| is cast- God thus adorneth> Not much rather |you| little of faith? ³¹ Do not then be anxious､ saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or Wherewithal shall we be arrayed? ³² For ||all these things|| |the nations| seek after,— For your heavenly Father |knoweth| that ye are needing |all´ these things|. ³³ But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,— And |all these things| shall be added unto you. ³⁴ Do not､ then､ be anxious for the morrow; |For the morrow| will be anxious |for itself|: |Sufficient for the day| is the evil thereof.

¹ Judge not, that ye be not judged;— ² For <with what judgment ye judge> shall ye be judged,— And <with what measure ye mete> shall it be measured unto you. ³ Why, moreover, beholdest thou the mote, in the eye of thy brother,— While |the beam´ in thine own´ eye| thou dost not consider? ⁴ Or how wilt thou say unto thy brother. Let me cast the mote out of thine eye,— When lo! ||a beam|| is in thine own´ eye? ⁵ Hypocrite! cast first |out of thine own eye| ||the beam||,— And |then| shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote, out of the eye of thy brother. ⁶ Do not give what is holy unto dogs. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine,— Lest once they trample |them| down with their feet. And､ turning､ tear ||you||. ⁷ Be asking､ and it shall be given you, Be seeking､ and ye shall find,— Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you. ⁸ For |whosoever asketh| receiveth. And |he that seeketh| flndeth,— And |to him that knocketh| shall it be opened. ⁹ Or what man |from among yourselves|, Whom his son shall ask for a loaf,— |A stone| will give him? ¹⁰ Or |a fish also| shall ask,— |A serpent| will give him? ¹¹ <If then ||ye|| being |evil| know how |good gifts| to be giving unto your children> ||How much more|| will |your Father who is in the heavens| give good things to them that ask |him|? ¹² <Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you> ||So|| be ||ye also|| doing |unto them|,— For |this| is the law and the prophets. ¹³ Enter^[1] ye in at |the narrow´ gate|; Because broad and roomy is the way^[2]) that leadeth unto destruction,— And |many| are they who enter thereby: ¹⁴ Because |narrow| is the gate, and |confined| the way, that leadeth unto life,— And |few| are they who find |it|. ¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, Who come unto you in clothing of sheep,— While |within| they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ |By their fruits|^[3] shall ye find |them| out,— Unless perhaps men gather — <From thorns> grapes! Or <from thistles> figs! ¹⁷ So ||every good tree|| |fine fruit| produceth,— Whereas ||the worthless´ tree|| |evil fruit| produceth : ¹⁸ It is |impossible| for a ||good tree|| to be bearing |evil fruit|. Neither doth ||a worthless tree|| produce |fine fruit|. ¹⁹ ||Every´ tree that beareth not fine fruit||^[4] Is hewn down, and |into fire| is cast. ²⁰ After all then |by their fruits| shall ye find |them| out.— ²¹ ||Not every one that saith unto me. Lord! Lord!|| shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens,— But he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens. ²² |Many| will say unto me, in |that| day, Lord! Lord!^[5] did we not in thy name prophesy,^[6] And |in thy name| cast |demons| out,— And |in thy name| ||many works of power|| perform? ²³ And |then| will I confess unto them, |Never| have I acknowledged^[7] you,— Depart from me､ ye workers of lawlessness!^{[8] 24} <Every one, therefore, who heareth [these] my words, and doeth them>^[9] Shall be likened to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock; ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and rushed against that house, and it fell not; For it had been founded upon the rock. ²⁶ <And every one who heareth these my words, and doeth them not> Shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand; ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and dashed

1. Lu. xiii. 24.
2. Or (WH): "wide is the gate and roomy the way."
3. Lu. vi. 43, 44.
4. Chap. iii. 10.
5. Lu. vi. 46. 47.
6. Jer. xxvii. 15; xiv. 14.
7. Or : "approved." Ap: "Know"
8. Ps vi. 8.
9. Lu. vi. 47, 49.