Section X.
1 192 No man can serve two masters; and that because it is necessary that he hate one of them and love the other, and honour one of them and despise the other. 2 193 Ye cannot serve God and possessions. And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves, what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink; neither for your bodies, what ye shall put on. Is not the life better than the food, and the body than the raiment? 3 195 Consider the birds of the heaven, which sow not, nor reap, nor store in barns; and yet your Father which is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye better than they? 4 196 Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one cubit? 5 197 If then ye are not able for a small thing , why are ye anxious about the rest? 6 198 Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins; 7 199 and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of them. 8 200 And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith! 9 202 Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed? 10 203 Neither let your minds be perplexed in this: all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth your need of all these things. 11 204 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall come to you as something additional for you. 12 205 Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it. Sufficient unto the day is its evil.
13 206 Judge not, that ye be not judged: condemn not, that ye be not condemned: 14 208 forgive, and it shall be forgiven you: release, and ye shall be released: give, that ye may be given unto ; with good measure, abundant, full, they shall thrust into your bosoms. 15 210 With what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you. See to it what ye hear: with what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you; and ye shall be given more. 16 211 I say unto those that hear, He that hath shall be given unto ; and he that hath not, that which he regards as his shall be taken from him.
17 213 And he spake unto them a parable, Can a blind man haply guide a blind man? shall they not both fall into a hollow? 18 215 A disciple is not better than his master; every perfect man shall be as his master. 19 216 Why lookest thou at the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but considerest not the column that is in thine own eye? 20 217 Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, I will take out the mote from thine eye; and the column which is in thine eye thou seest not? Thou hypocrite, take out first the column from thine eye; and then shalt thou see to take out the mote from the eye of thy brother.
21 218 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and return and wound you.
22 219 And he said unto them, Who of you, that hath a friend, goeth to him at midnight, and saith unto him, 23 220 My friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend hath come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him: 24 221 and that friend shall answer him from within, and say unto him, Trouble me not; for the door is shut, and my children are with me in bed, and I cannot rise and give thee? 25 222 And verily I say unto you, If he will not give him because of friendship, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him what he seeketh. 26 223 And I also say unto you, Ask, and ye shall be given unto ; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 27 224 Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and he that knocketh, it shall be opened to him. 28 225 What father of you, shall his son ask for bread-will he, think you, give him a stone? and if he ask of him a fish, will he, think you, 29 227 instead of the fish give him a serpent? and if he ask him for an egg, will he, think you, extend to him a scorpion? 30 228 If ye then, although being evil, know the gifts which are good, and give them to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 31 229 Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: this is the law and the prophets.
32 230 Enter ye by the narrow gate; for the wide gate and the broad way lead to destruction, and many they be which go therein. 33 232 How narrow is the gate and straitened the way leading to life! and few be they that find it.
34 233 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, while within they are ravening wolves. 35 235 But by their fruits ye shall know them. For every tree is known by its fruit. For figs are not gathered of thorns, neither are grapes plucked of briers. 36 237 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 37 238 The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the evil tree bring forth good fruit. 38 239 The good man from the good treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth good things ; and the evil man from the evil treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth evil things : and from the overflowings of the heart the lips speak. 39 240 Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 40 241 Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 41 242 Not all that say unto me, My Lord, my Lord, shall enter the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 42 243 Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name do many powers? 43 244 Then shall I say unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye servants of iniquity. 44 245 Every man that cometh unto me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to what he is like: 45 246 he is like the wise man which built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the foundations on a rock: and the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and it fell not: 46 247 for its foundation was laid on rocks. 47 248 And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like the foolish man which built his house on sand, without foundation: 48 249 . and the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house, and it fell: and the fall of it was great.