Chapter XV: Appendix: I

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT PARALLEL PASSAGES FROM
ST. LUKE.[89]

AND seeing the multitudes, =St. Luke vi. 20‒49.=
he went up into the mountain:
and when he had sat down, his And he lifted up his eyes on
disciples came unto him: and his disciples, and said, Blessed
he opened his mouth and taught are ye poor: for yours is the
them, saying, kingdom of God. Blessed are ye
Blessed are the poor in spirit: that hunger now: for ye shall be
for theirs is the kingdom of filled. Blessed are ye that weep
heaven. now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed
Blessed are they that mourn: are ye, when men shall hate you,
for they shall be comforted. and when they shall separate you
Blessed are the meek: for they from their company, and reproach
shall inherit the earth. you, and cast out your name as
Blessed are they that hunger evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
and thirst after righteousness: Rejoice in that day, and leap for
for they shall be filled. joy: for behold, your reward is
Blessed are the merciful: for great in heaven: for in the same
they shall obtain mercy. manner did their fathers unto the
Blessed are the pure in heart: prophets. But woe unto you that
for they shall see God. are rich! for ye have received
Blessed are the peacemakers: your consolation. Woe unto you,
for they shall be called sons of ye that are full now! for ye
God. shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye
Blessed are they that have been that laugh now! for ye shall
persecuted for righteousness’ mourn and weep. Woe unto you,
sake: for theirs is the kingdom when all men shall speak well
of heaven. Blessed are ye when of you! for in the same manner
men shall reproach you, and did their fathers to the false
persecute you, and say all manner prophets.
of evil against you falsely,
for my sake. Rejoice, and be
exceeding glad: for great is
your reward in heaven: for so
persecuted they the prophets
which were before you.

Ye are the salt of the earth: =xiv. 34, 35.=
but if the salt have lost its
savour, wherewith shall it be _Salt therefore is good: but
salted? it is thenceforth good if even the salt have lost its
for nothing, but to be cast out savour, wherewith shall it be
and trodden under foot of men. seasoned? It is fit neither for
Ye are the light of the world. A the land nor for the dunghill:
city set on a hill cannot be hid. men cast it out. He that hath
Neither do men light a lamp, and ears to hear, let him hear._
put it under the bushel, but on
the stand; and it shineth unto
all that are in the house. Even =St. Luke xi. 33.=
so let your light shine before
men, that they may see your good _No man, when he hath lighted
works, and glorify your Father a lamp, putteth it in a cellar,
which is in heaven. neither under the bushel, but on
the stand, that they which enter
Think not that I came to it may see the light._
destroy the law or the prophets:
I came not to destroy, but to
fulfil. For verily I say unto =xvi. 17.=
you, Till heaven and earth pass
away, one jot or one tittle _But it is easier for heaven
shall in no wise pass away from and earth to pass away, than for
the law, till all things be one tittle of the law to fall._
accomplished. Whosoever therefore
shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men
so, shall be called least in the
kingdom of heaven: but whosoever
shall do and teach them, he shall
be called great in the kingdom of
heaven. For I say unto you, that
except your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall
in no wise enter into the kingdom
of heaven.

Ye have heard that it was said =xii. 58, 59.=
to them of old time, Thou shalt
not kill; and whosoever shall _For as thou art going with
kill shall be in danger of the thine adversary before the
judgement: but I say unto you, magistrate, on the way give
that every one who is angry with diligence to be quit of him;
his brother shall be in danger lest haply he hale thee unto
of the judgement; and whosoever the judge, and the judge shall
shall say to his brother, Raca, deliver thee to the officer,
shall be in danger of the council; and the officer shall cast thee
and whosoever shall say, Thou into prison. I say unto thee,
fool, shall be in danger of the Thou shalt by no means come out
hell of fire. If therefore thou thence, till thou have paid the
art offering thy gift at the very last mite._
altar, and there rememberest that
thy brother hath aught against
thee, leave there thy gift before
the altar, and go thy way, first
be reconciled to thy brother,
and then come and offer thy
gift. Agree with thine adversary
quickly, whiles thou art with
him in the way; lest haply the
adversary deliver thee to the
judge, and the judge deliver thee
to the officer, and thou be cast
into prison. Verily I say unto
thee, Thou shalt by no means come
out thence, till thou have paid
the last farthing.

Ye have heard that it was said, =St. Mark ix. 43‒48.=
Thou shalt not commit adultery:
but I say unto you, that every _And if thy hand cause thee to
one that looketh on a woman to stumble, cut it off: it is good
lust after her hath committed for thee to enter into life
adultery with her already in his maimed, rather than having thy
heart. And if thy right eye two hands to go into hell, into
causeth thee to stumble, pluck it the unquenchable fire. And if thy
out, and cast it from thee: for foot cause thee to stumble, cut
it is profitable for thee that it off: it is good for thee to
one of thy members should perish, enter into life halt, rather than
and not thy whole body be cast having thy two feet to be cast
into hell. And if thy right hand into hell. And if thine eye cause
causeth thee to stumble, cut it thee to stumble, cast it out: it
off, and cast it from thee: for is good for thee to enter into
it is profitable for thee that the kingdom of God with one eye,
one of thy members should perish, rather than having two eyes to be
and not thy whole body go into cast into hell; where their worm
hell. It was said also, Whosoever dieth not, and the fire is not
shall put away his wife, let quenched._
him give her a writing of
divorcement: but I say unto you,
that every one that putteth away =St. Luke xvi. 18.=
his wife, saving for the cause
of fornication, maketh her an _Every one that putteth away
adulteress: and whosoever shall his wife, and marrieth another,
marry her when she is put away committeth adultery: and he that
committeth adultery. marrieth one that is put away
from a husband committeth
Again, ye have heard that it adultery._
was said to them of old time,
Thou shalt not forswear thyself,
but shalt perform unto the Lord
thine oaths: but I say unto you,
Swear not at all; neither by the
heaven, for it is the throne of
God; nor by the earth, for it is
the footstool of his feet; nor by
Jerusalem, for it is the city of
the great King. Neither shalt
thou swear by thy head, for thou
canst not make one hair white
or black. But let your speech
be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and
whatsoever is more than these is
of the evil one.

Ye have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth: but I say unto you,
Resist not him that is evil: but
whosoever smiteth thee on thy
right cheek, turn to him the
other also. And if any man would
go to law with thee, and take
away thy coat, let him have thy
cloke also. And whosoever shall
compel thee to go one mile, go
with him twain. Give to him that
asketh thee, and from him that
would borrow of thee turn not
thou away.

Ye have heard that it was said, =vi. 27‒36.=
Thou shalt love thy neighbour,
and hate thine enemy: but I say But I say unto you which hear,
unto you, Love your enemies, Love your enemies, do good to
and pray for them that persecute them that hate you, bless them
you; that ye may be sons of your that curse you, pray for them
Father which is in heaven: for that despitefully use you. To
he maketh his sun to rise on the him that smiteth thee on the one
evil and the good, and sendeth cheek offer also the other; and
rain on the just and the unjust. from him that taketh away thy
For if ye love them that love cloke withhold not thy coat also.
you, what reward have ye? do not Give to every one that asketh
even the publicans the same? And thee; and of him that taketh away
if ye salute your brethren only, thy goods ask them not again. And
what do ye more than others? do as ye would that men should do to
not even the Gentiles the same? you, do ye also to them likewise.
Ye therefore shall be perfect, as And if ye love them that love
your heavenly Father is perfect. you, what thank have ye? for
even sinners love those that love
Take heed that ye do not your them. And if ye do good to them
righteousness before men, to be that do good to you, what thank
seen of them: else ye have no have ye? for even sinners do the
reward with your Father which is same. And if ye lend to them of
in heaven. whom ye hope to receive, what
thank have ye? even sinners lend
When therefore thou doest alms, to sinners, to receive again as
sound not a trumpet before thee, much. But love your enemies, and
as the hypocrites do in the do them good, and lend, never
synagogues and in the streets, despairing; and your reward shall
that they may have glory of men. be great, and ye shall be sons
Verily I say unto you, They have of the Most High: for he is kind
received their reward. But when toward the unthankful and evil.
thou doest alms, let not thy left Be ye merciful, even as your
hand know what thy right hand Father is merciful.
doeth: that thine alms may be
in secret: and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall recompense
thee.

And when ye pray, ye shall not =St. Luke xi. 1‒4.=
be as the hypocrites: for they
love to stand and pray in the _And it came to pass, as he
synagogues and in the corners was praying in a certain place,
of the streets, that they may be that when he ceased, one of his
seen of men. Verily I say unto disciples said unto him, Lord,
you, They have received their teach us to pray, even as John
reward. But thou, when thou also taught his disciples. And he
prayest, enter into thine inner said unto them, When ye pray say,
chamber, and having shut thy Father, Hallowed be thy name.
door, pray to thy Father which is Thy kingdom come. Give us day by
in secret, and thy Father which day our daily bread. And forgive
seeth in secret shall recompense us our sins; for we ourselves
thee. And in praying use not vain also forgive every one that is
repetitions, as the Gentiles do: indebted to us. And bring us not
for they think that they shall be into temptation._
heard for their much speaking. Be
not therefore like unto them: for
your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of, before ye ask
him. After this manner therefore
pray ye: Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done,
as in heaven, so on earth. Give
us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our debts, as we also
have forgiven our debtors. And
bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil
one. For if ye forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father
will also forgive you. But if ye
forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive
your trespasses.

Moreover when ye fast, be =St. Luke xi. 34‒36.=
not, as the hypocrites, of a sad
countenance: for they disfigure _The lamp of the body is thine
their faces, that they may be eye: when thine eye is single,
seen of men to fast. Verily I thy whole body also is full of
say unto you, They have received light; but when it is evil, thy
their reward. But thou, when thou body also is full of darkness.
fastest, anoint thy head, and Look therefore whether the light
wash thy face; that thou be that is in thee be not darkness.
not seen of men to fast, but of If therefore thy whole body be
thy Father which is in secret: full of light, having no part
and thy Father, which seeth in dark, it shall be wholly full of
secret, shall recompense thee. light, as when the lamp with its
bright shining doth give thee
Lay not up for yourselves light._
treasures upon the earth, where
moth and rust doth consume, and
where thieves break through and =xvi. 13.=
steal: but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where _No servant can serve two
neither moth nor rust doth masters: for either he will hate
consume, and where thieves do the one, and love the other; or
not break through nor steal: for else he will hold to one, and
where thy treasure is, there will despise the other. Ye cannot
thy heart be also. The lamp of serve God and mammon._
the body is the eye: if therefore
thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light. But =xii. 22‒34.=
if thine eye be evil, thy whole
body shall be full of darkness. _Therefore I say unto you, Be
If therefore the light that is not anxious for your life, what
in thee be darkness, how great ye shall eat; nor yet for your
is the darkness! No man can serve body, what ye shall put on. For
two masters: for either he will the life is more than the food,
hate the one, and love the other; and the body than the raiment.
or else he will hold to one, Consider the ravens, that they
and despise the other. Ye cannot sow not, neither reap; which
serve God and mammon. Therefore I have no store-chamber nor barn;
say unto you, Be not anxious for and God feedeth them: of how
your life, what ye shall eat, or much more value are ye than the
what ye shall drink; nor yet for birds! And which of you by being
your body, what ye shall put on. anxious can add a cubit unto his
Is not the life more than the stature? If then ye are not able
food, and the body than the to do even that which is least,
raiment? Behold the birds of why are ye anxious concerning
the heaven, that they sow not, the rest? Consider the lilies,
neither do they reap, nor gather how they grow: they toil not,
into barns; and your heavenly neither do they spin; yet I say
Father feedeth them. Are not ye unto you, Even Solomon in all his
of much more value than they? And glory was not arrayed like one of
which of you by being anxious can these. But if God doth so clothe
add one cubit unto his stature? the grass in the field, which
And why are ye anxious concerning to-day is, and to-morrow is cast
raiment? Consider the lilies of into the oven; how much more
the field, how they grow; they shall he clothe you, O ye of
toil not, neither do they spin: little faith? And seek not ye
yet I say unto you, that even what ye shall eat, and what ye
Solomon in all his glory was not shall drink, neither be ye of
arrayed like one of these. But if doubtful mind. For all these
God doth so clothe the grass of things do the nations of the
the field, which to-day is, and world seek after: but your Father
to-morrow is cast into the oven, knoweth that ye have need of
shall he not much more clothe these things. Howbeit seek ye his
you, O ye of little faith? Be not kingdom, and these things shall
therefore anxious, saying, What be added unto you. Fear not,
shall we eat? or, What shall we little flock; for it is your
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we Father’s good pleasure to give
be clothed? For after all these you the kingdom. Sell that ye
things do the Gentiles seek; for have, and give alms; make for
your heavenly Father knoweth that yourselves purses which wax not
ye have need of all these things. old, a treasure in the heavens
But seek ye first his kingdom, that faileth not, where no
and his righteousness; and all thief draweth near, nor moth
these things shall be added unto destroyeth. For where your
you. Be not therefore anxious for treasure is, there will your
the morrow: for the morrow will heart be also._
be anxious for itself. Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof.

Judge not, that ye be not =St. Luke vi. 37‒42.=
judged. For with what judgement
ye judge, ye shall be judged: And judge not, and ye shall
and with what measure ye mete, it not be judged: and condemn not,
shall be measured unto you. And and ye shall not be condemned:
why beholdest thou the mote that release, and ye shall be
is in thy brother’s eye, but released: give, and it shall be
considerest not the beam that given unto you; good measure,
is in thine own eye? Or how wilt pressed down, shaken together,
thou say to thy brother, Let me running over, shall they give
cast out the mote out of thine into your bosom. For with what
eye; and lo, the beam is in thine measure ye mete it shall be
own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out measured to you again.
first the beam out of thine own
eye; and then shalt thou see And he spake also a parable
clearly to cast out the mote out unto them, Can the blind guide
of thy brother’s eye. the blind? shall they not both
fall into a pit? The disciple is
Give not that which is holy not above his master: but every
unto the dogs, neither cast your one when he is perfected shall be
pearls before the swine, lest as his master. And why beholdest
haply they trample them under thou the mote that is in thy
their feet, and turn and rend brother’s eye, but considerest
you. not the beam that is in thine own
eye? Or how canst thou say to thy
brother, Brother, let me cast out
the mote that is in thine eye,
when thou thyself beholdest not
the beam that is in thine own
eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out
first the beam out of thine own
eye, and then shalt thou see
clearly to cast out the mote
that is in thy brother’s eye.

Ask, and it shall be given you; =St. Luke xi. 9‒13.=
seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto _And I say unto you, Ask, and
you: for every one that asketh it shall be given you; seek,
receiveth; and he that seeketh and ye shall find; knock, and
findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened unto you. For
it shall be opened. Or what man every one that asketh receiveth;
is there of you, who, if his son and he that seeketh findeth; and
shall ask him for a loaf, will to him that knocketh it shall be
give him a stone; or if he shall opened. And of which of you that
ask for a fish, will give him a is a father shall his son ask a
serpent? If ye then, being evil, loaf, and he give him a stone?
know how to give good gifts unto or a fish, and he for a fish give
your children, how much more him a serpent? Or if he shall
shall your Father which is ask an egg, will he give him a
in heaven give good things to scorpion? If ye then, being evil,
them that ask him? All things know how to give good gifts unto
therefore whatsoever ye would your children, how much more
that men should do unto you, even shall your heavenly Father give
so do ye also unto them: for this the Holy Spirit to them that ask
is the law and the prophets. him?_

Enter ye in by the narrow gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad =xiii. 24‒27.=
is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many be they _Strive to enter in by the
that enter in thereby. For narrow narrow door: for many, I say unto
is the gate, and straitened the you, shall seek to enter in, and
way, that leadeth unto life, and shall not be able. When once the
few be they that find it. master of the house is risen up,
and hath shut to the door, and
Beware of false prophets, which ye begin to stand without, and to
come to you in sheep’s clothing, knock at the door, saying, Lord,
but inwardly are ravening wolves. open to us; and he shall answer
By their fruits ye shall know and say to you, I know you not
them. Do men gather grapes of whence ye are; then shall ye
thorns, or figs of thistles? Even begin to say, We did eat and
so every good tree bringeth forth drink in thy presence, and thou
good fruit; but the corrupt tree didst teach in our streets; and
bringeth forth evil fruit. A he shall say, I tell you, I know
good tree cannot bring forth evil not whence ye are; depart from
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree me, all ye workers of iniquity._
bring forth good fruit. Every
tree that bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down, and cast =vi. 43‒49.=
into the fire. Therefore by their
fruits ye shall know them. Not For there is no good tree that
every one that saith unto me, bringeth forth corrupt fruit;
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the nor again a corrupt tree that
kingdom of heaven; but he that bringeth forth good fruit. For
doeth the will of my Father which each tree is known by its own
is in heaven. Many will say to me fruit. For of thorns men do not
in that day, Lord, Lord, did we gather figs, nor of a bramble
not prophesy by thy name, and by bush gather they grapes. The good
thy name cast out devils, and by man out of the good treasure of
thy name do many mighty works? his heart bringeth forth that
And then will I profess unto which is good; and the evil man
them, I never knew you: depart out of the evil treasure bringeth
from me, ye that work iniquity. forth that which is evil: for out
Every one therefore which heareth of the abundance of the heart his
these words of mine, and doeth mouth speaketh.
them, shall be likened unto a
wise man, which built his house And why call ye me, Lord, Lord,
upon the rock: and the rain and do not the things which I
descended, and the floods came, say? Every one that cometh unto
and the winds blew, and beat me, and heareth my words, and
upon that house; and it fell not: doeth them, I will show you to
for it was founded upon the rock. whom he is like: he is like a man
And every one that heareth these building a house, who digged and
words of mine, and doeth them went deep, and laid a foundation
not, shall be likened unto a upon the rock: and when a flood
foolish man, which built his arose, the stream brake against
house upon the sand: and the rain that house, and could not shake
descended, and the floods came, it: because it had been well
and the winds blew, and smote builded. But he that heareth,
upon that house; and it fell: and and doeth not, is like a man
great was the fall thereof. that built a house upon the earth
without a foundation; against
And it came to pass, when Jesus which the stream brake, and
ended these words, the multitudes straightway it fell in; and the
were astonished at his teaching: ruin of that house was great.
for he taught them as one having
authority, and not as their
scribes.

And when he was come down from
the mountain, great multitudes
followed him.