The Sermon on the Mount

1But seeing the crowds, He went up into the mountain, and He having sat down, His disciples came near to Him. 2And opening His mouth, He taught them, saying: 3Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of the Heavens. 4Blessed are the ones mourning! For they shall be comforted. 5Blessed are the meek! For they shall inherit the earth. 6Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled. 7Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy. 8Blessed are the pure in heart! For they shall see God. 9Blessed are the peacemakers! For they shall be called sons of God. 10Blessed are the ones who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. 11Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and shall say every evil word against you, lying, on account of Me. 12Rejoice and be exceeding joyful, for your reward is great in Heaven; for in this way they persecuted the prophets, the ones before you.

13You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what shall it be salted? For it has strength for nothing any more but to be thrown out and to be trampled under by men. 14You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hidden. 15Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the grain measure, but on the lampstand; and it shines for all those in the house. 16So let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father in Heaven.

17Do not think that I came to annul the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to annul, but to fulfill. 18For truly I say to you, Until the heaven and the earth should pass away, not one iota or one point shall pass away from the Law, not until all things should occur. 19Therefore, whoever looses one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever does and teaches them, this one shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven. 20For I say to you, If your righteousness shall not exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of God, not ever!

21You have heard that it was said to the ancients: "Do not commit murder!" And, Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the Judgment. 22But I say to you, Everyone who is angry with his brother without cause shall be liable to the Judgment. And whoever says to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the sanhedrin; but whoever says, Fool! shall be liable to be thrown into the fire of Hell. 23Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and remember there that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there before the altar, and go. First, be reconciled to your brother, and then, coming, offer your gift. 25Be well-disposed toward your opponent quickly, while you are in the way with him, that the opponent not give you over to the judge, and the judge give you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26Truly, I say to you, you shall not come out from there, not until you pay the last kodrantes.

27You have heard that it was said to the ancients: "Do not commit adultery." 28But I say to you, Everyone looking at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29But if your right eye causes you to stumble, take it out and throw it from you, for it is profitable to you that one of your members should be destroyed and all your body not be thrown into Hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you, for it is profitable to you that one of your members should be destroyed and all your body not be thrown into Hell.

31It was also said, Whoever puts away his wife, "let him give her a bill of divorce." 32But I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife, apart from a matter of fornication, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever shall marry the one put away commits adultery.

33Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients: "You shall not swear falsely, but shall give your oaths to the Lord." 34But I say to you, Do not swear at all, neither by Heaven, because it is God's throne; 35nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. 36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. 37But let your word be Yes, yes; No, no. For the excess of these is from the evil.

38You have heard that it was said: "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;" 39but I say to you, Do not resist the evil; but whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40And to him desiring to sue you, and to take your tunic, allow him also to have the coat. 41And whoever shall compel you to go one mile, go with him two; 42to the one asking you, Give, and to the one wishing to borrow from you, do not turn away.

43You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor" and hate your enemy; 44but I say to you, Love your enemies; bless those cursing you, do well to those hating you; and pray for those abusing and persecuting you, 45so that you may become sons of your Father in Heaven. Because He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and unjust. 46For if you love those loving you, what reward do you have? Do not even the taxcollectors do the same? 47And if you only greet your brothers, what exceptional thing do you do? Do not the tax-collectors do so? 48Therefore, you be perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.

1Take care not to do your merciful deeds before men in order to be seen by them. But if not, you have no reward from your Father in Heaven. 2Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, do not trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. 3But you doing merciful deeds, do not let your left know what your right hand does, 4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, Himself will repay you in the open.

5And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the open streets so that they may appear to be seen of men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. 6But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room and shutting your door, pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will repay you in the open. 7But when you pray, do not be babbling vain words, as the nations; for they think that they shall be heard in their much speaking. 8Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him. 9Therefore, you should pray: Our Father, the One in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as it is in Heaven, also on the earth. 11Give us today our daily bread, 12and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors. 13And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil, for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, to the ages. Amen. 14For if you forgive men their deviations, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you will not forgive men their deviations, neither will your Father forgive your deviations.

16And when you fast, do not be as the hypocrites, with sullen face, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly I say to you that they have their reward. 17But you in fasting, anoint your head and wash your face, 18so as not to appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will repay you in the open.

19Do not treasure up for you treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves dig through and steal. 20But treasure up for you treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not dig through and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22The lamp of the body is the eye. Then if your eye is sound, all your body is bright. 23But if your eye is evil, all your body is dark. If, therefore, the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24No one is able to serve two lords; for either he will hate the one, and he will love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and he will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and wealth.

25Because of this, I say to you, Do not be anxious for your soul, what you eat and what you drink, nor for your body, what you put on. Is not the soul more than the food and the body than the clothing? 26Observe the birds of the heaven, that they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor do they gather into granaries, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Do you not rather excel them? 27But who of you by being anxious is able to add one cubit onto his stature? 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not labor nor do they spin, 29but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these. 30If God so enrobes the grass of the field (which is today, and is thrown into a furnace tomorrow) will He not much rather you, little-faiths? 31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? Or, what may we drink? Or, what may clothe us? 32For after all these things the nations seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34Therefore do not be anxious into the morrow. For the morrow will be anxious of itself. Sufficient to each day is its own badness.

1Do not judge, that you may not be judged; 2for with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured again to you. 3But why do you look on the chip that is in the eye of your brother, but do not see the beam in your eye? 4Or how will you say to your brother, Allow me to take out the chip from your eye; and behold, the beam is in your eye! 5Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the chip out of the eye of your brother. 6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs, that they should not trample them with their feet, and turning, they charge you.

7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For each one that asks receives, and the one that seeks finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened. 9Or what man of you is there, if his son should ask a loaf of him, not a stone will he give him, will he? 10And if he should ask a fish, not a snake will he give him, will he? 11Therefore, if you, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father, the One in Heaven give good things to those that ask Him? 12Therefore, all things, as many things as you ever desire that men should do to you, so also you should do to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

13Go in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are the ones entering in through it. 14For narrow is the gate, and constricted is the way that leads away into life, and few are the ones finding it.

15But beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are plundering wolves. 16From their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17So every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruits. 18A good tree cannot produce evil fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits. 19Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and is thrown into fire. 20Surely from their fruits you shall know them. 21Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of Heaven, but the ones who do the will of My Father in Heaven. 22Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many works of power? 23And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; "depart from Me, the ones working lawlessness!"

24Therefore everyone who hears these Words from Me, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house on the rock; 25and the rain came down, and the rivers came up, and the winds blew, and fell against that house; but it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and who does not do them, he shall be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand; 27and the rain came down, and the rivers came up, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it. 28And it happened, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at His doctrine. 29For He was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.