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SERMON ON THE MOUNT - OIL ON CANVAS,
MONTY AND BRIAN PYTHON
Sermon on the Mount
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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
It follows the English
translation of the full text transcript of Jesus' Sermon on
the Mount, as quoted in the King James Bible, Matthew
chapters 5 to 7.
The oration was delivered around
the year AD 30 in Galilee, a region in ancient Palestine.
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Matthew Chapter 5
1 And seeing the
multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when
he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying, |
3 Blessed [are]
the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
4 Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall
be comforted.
5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit
the earth.
6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall
obtain mercy.
8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they
shall see God.
9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall
be called the children of God.
10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for
righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you,
and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of
evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great
[is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted
they the prophets which were before you.
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but
to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of
men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is
set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it
giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven.
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law,
or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but
to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and
earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no
wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them],
the same shall be called great in the kingdom of
heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your
righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness]
of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old
time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall
kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry
with his brother without a cause shall be in
danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say
to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the
council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool,
shall be in danger of hell fire.
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the
altar, and there rememberest that thy brother
hath ought against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go
thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and
then come and offer thy gift.
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles
thou art in the way with him; lest at any time
the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the
judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be
cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no
means come out thence, till thou hast paid the
uttermost farthing.
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old
time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on
a woman to lust after her hath committed
adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it
out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is
profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not [that] thy whole body
should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it
off, and cast [it] from thee: for it is
profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not [that] thy whole body
should be cast into hell.
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, let him give her a writing of
divorcement:
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put
away his wife, saving for the cause of
fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
committeth adultery.
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said
by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear
thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine
oaths:
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither
by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the
great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because
thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay,
nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of
evil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye
for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil:
but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and
take away thy coat, let him have [thy] cloke
also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,
go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him
that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate
you, and pray for them which despitefully use
you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to
rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what
reward have ye? do not even the publicans the
same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do
ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans
so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew Chapter 6
1 Take heed that
ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father
which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not
sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that
they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto
you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy
Father which seeth in secret himself shall
reward thee openly.
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as
the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and in the corners of
the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy
closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray
to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as
the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall
be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your
Father knoweth what things ye have need of,
before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our
Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth,
as [it is] in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the
hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they
disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto
men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine
head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but
unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy
Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee
openly.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through
nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if
therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body
shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body
shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in thee be darkness, how great
[is] that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he
will hate the one, and love the other; or else
he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for
your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put
on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body
than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.
Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one
cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the
field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast
into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe]
you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall
we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for
the morrow shall take thought for the things of
itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil
thereof.
Matthew Chapter 7
1 Judge not, that
ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that
is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me
pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold,
a beam [is] in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of
thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest
they trample them under their feet, and turn
again and rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh
it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son
ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a
serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your Father which is in heaven give good things
to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that
men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for
this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is]
the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth
to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat:
14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is]
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there
be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good
fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil
fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy name done
many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never
knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a
wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto
a foolish man, which built his house upon the
sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended
these sayings, the people were astonished at his
doctrine:
29 For he taught them as [one] having authority,
and not as the scribes.
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