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So much of the law has been given. All the feasts outlined. Now we have a summary. An overview of the whole year.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to Peter
In this chapter, we can see more than one of the features of the law. Three times a year every male had to appear before the Lord. Deut 16:16 In this chapter we can see that not only did they appear before the Lord three times a year, but in doing so they would also keep all seven feasts as commanded in the law.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to John
The Feast of the Firstfruits fell at Passover, or our Easter time. This means that the sheaf
of new corn was brought to God on "morrow after the Sabbath" (Lev 23:11), or in our language,
on the Sunday = the day after the Saturday Sabbath. This was precisely the day on which Jesus
rose from the dead. This helps us to realise that God had planned it all, right from the beginning.
Jesus Christ was the firstfruits.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
It is interesting as we we read through the directions regarding the feasts, how the bread (loaves) were unleavened at the Passover, but those presented at Pentecost were leavened. The difference being; the one was hastily prepared at their departure from Egypt, while the other was tribute of gratitude to God for their daily food, which was leavened. The time was taken at Pentecost to prepare to express their thankfulness, while at the Passover, the same time was not available.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to John
The Jewish year contained seven major festivals: Passover; Unleavened Bread; and First Fruits occurred in close proximity in the spring. Three others, Trumpets; Day of Atonement; Booths, came close together in the fall (at the beginning of the civil year). In between the two groups was the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) which took place 50 days after First Fruits. The most important festival, however, was the Sabbath. The Sabbath was instituted before the other seven, ran throughout the year, and will be expressed completely in the Kingdom when the Lord of the Sabbath shall reign (note Luke 6:5) .
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to Michael
The first feast mentioned in this chapter is the weekly Sabbath. Notice how in this chapter the Sabbath is repeated again and again. Each feast was to be a rest from work. There is a very important principle at work in this chapter, namely that God wants people to have rest. He wants people to have a weekly rest from work, and He wants them to have annual holidays. It may be that in the country where you live, rest days are few and far between. This can be because there is no adequate provision in your employment for holidays, or more likely, that you live in a culture where rest is simply not part of normal life any more. In the UK the prohibition on Sunday trading was lifted in 1994, now 20 years ago, and since then Sunday has become just another day of work for many people. Even though we aren't compelled to keep the Sabbath or to take holidays, it is sensible wherever possible to set aside regular days of rest from work.
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Rob
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1. And the LORD <3068> spake <1696>(8762) unto Moses <4872>, saying <559>(8800),
2. Speak <1696>(8761) unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and say <559>(8804) unto them, Concerning the feasts <4150> of the LORD <3068>, which ye shall proclaim <7121>(8799) to be holy <6944> convocations <4744>, even these are my feasts <4150>.
3. Six <8337> days <3117> shall work <4399> be done <6213>(8735): but the seventh <7637> day <3117> is the sabbath <7676> of rest <7677>, an holy <6944> convocation <4744>; ye shall do <6213>(8799) no work <4399> therein: it is the sabbath <7676> of the LORD <3068> in all your dwellings <4186>.
4. These are the feasts <4150> of the LORD <3068>, even holy <6944> convocations <4744>, which ye shall proclaim <7121>(8799) in their seasons <4150>.
5. In the fourteenth <702> day <6240> of the first <7223> month <2320> at even <6153> is the LORD'S <3068> passover <6453>.
6. And on the fifteenth <2568> <6240> day <3117> of the same month <2320> is the feast <2282> of unleavened bread <4682> unto the LORD <3068>: seven <7651> days <3117> ye must eat <398>(8799) unleavened bread <4682>.
7. In the first <7223> day <3117> ye shall have an holy <6944> convocation <4744>: ye shall do <6213>(8799) no servile <5656> work <4399> therein.
8. But ye shall offer <7126>(8689) an offering made by fire <801> unto the LORD <3068> seven <7651> days <3117>: in the seventh <7637> day <3117> is an holy <6944> convocation <4744>: ye shall do <6213>(8799) no servile <5656> work <4399> therein.
9. And the LORD <3068> spake <1696>(8762) unto Moses <4872>, saying <559>(8800),
10. Speak <1696>(8761) unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and say <559>(8804) unto them, When ye be come <935>(8799) into the land <776> which I give <5414>(8802) unto you, and shall reap <7114>(8804) the harvest <7105> thereof, then ye shall bring <935>(8689) a sheaf <6016> of the firstfruits <7225> of your harvest <7105> unto the priest <3548>:
11. And he shall wave <5130>(8689) the sheaf <6016> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, to be accepted <7522> for you: on the morrow <4283> after the sabbath <7676> the priest <3548> shall wave <5130>(8686) it.
12. And ye shall offer <6213>(8804) that day <3117> when ye wave <5130>(8687) the sheaf <6016> an he lamb <3532> without blemish <8549> of the first <1121> year <8141> for a burnt offering <5930> unto the LORD <3068>.
13. And the meat offering <4503> thereof shall be two <8147> tenth deals <6241> of fine flour <5560> mingled <1101>(8803) with oil <8081>, an offering made by fire <801> unto the LORD <3068> for a sweet <5207> savour <7381>: and the drink offering <5262> thereof shall be of wine <3196>, the fourth <7243> part of an hin <1969>.
14. And ye shall eat <398>(8799) neither bread <3899>, nor parched corn <7039>, nor green ears <3759>, until the selfsame <6106> <2088> day <3117> that <5704> ye have brought <935>(8687) an offering <7133> unto your God <430>: it shall be a statute <2708> for ever <5769> throughout your generations <1755> in all your dwellings <4186>.
15. And ye shall count <5608>(8804) unto you from the morrow <4283> after the sabbath <7676>, from the day <3117> that ye brought <935>(8687) the sheaf <6016> of the wave offering <8573>; seven <7651> sabbaths <7676> shall be <1961>(8799) complete <8549>:
16. Even unto <5704> the morrow <4283> after the seventh <7637> sabbath <7676> shall ye number <5608>(8799) fifty <2572> days <3117>; and ye shall offer <7126>(8689) a new <2319> meat offering <4503> unto the LORD <3068>.
17. Ye shall bring out <935>(8686) of your habitations <4186> two <8147> wave <8573> loaves <3899> of two <8147> tenth deals <6241>: they shall be of fine flour <5560>; they shall be baken <644>(8735) with leaven <2557>; they are the firstfruits <1061> unto the LORD <3068>.
18. And ye shall offer <7126>(8689) with the bread <3899> seven <7651> lambs <3532> without blemish <8549> of the first <1121> year <8141>, and one <259> young <1241> <1121> bullock <6499>, and two <8147> rams <352>: they shall be for a burnt offering <5930> unto the LORD <3068>, with their meat offering <4503>, and their drink offerings <5262>, even an offering made by fire <801>, of sweet <5207> savour <7381> unto the LORD <3068>.
19. Then ye shall sacrifice <6213>(8804) one <259> kid <8163> of the goats <5795> for a sin offering <2403>, and two <8147> lambs <3532> of the first <1121> year <8141> for a sacrifice <2077> of peace offerings <8002>.
20. And the priest <3548> shall wave <5130>(8689) them with the bread <3899> of the firstfruits <1061> for a wave offering <8573> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, with the two <8147> lambs <3532>: they shall be holy <6944> to the LORD <3068> for the priest <3548>.
21. And ye shall proclaim <7121>(8804) on the selfsame <6106> day <3117>, that it may be an holy <6944> convocation <4744> unto you: ye shall do <6213>(8799) no servile <5656> work <4399> therein: it shall be a statute <2708> for ever <5769> in all your dwellings <4186> throughout your generations <1755>.
22. And when ye reap <7114>(8800) the harvest <7105> of your land <776>, thou shalt not make clean riddance <3615>(8762) of the corners <6285> of thy field <7704> when thou reapest <7114>(8800), neither shalt thou gather <3950>(8762) any gleaning <3951> of thy harvest <7105>: thou shalt leave <5800>(8799) them unto the poor <6041>, and to the stranger <1616>: I am the LORD <3068> your God <430>.
23. And the LORD <3068> spake <1696>(8762) unto Moses <4872>, saying <559>(8800),
24. Speak <1696>(8761) unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, saying <559>(8800), In the seventh <7637> month <2320>, in the first <259> day of the month <2320>, shall ye have a sabbath <7677>, a memorial <2146> of blowing <8643> of trumpets, an holy <6944> convocation <4744>.
25. Ye shall do <6213>(8799) no servile <5656> work <4399> therein: but ye shall offer <7126>(8689) an offering made by fire <801> unto the LORD <3068>.
26. And the LORD <3068> spake <1696>(8762) unto Moses <4872>, saying <559>(8800),
27. Also <389> on the tenth <6218> day of this seventh <7637> month <2320> there shall be a day <3117> of atonement <3725>: it shall be an holy <6944> convocation <4744> unto you; and ye shall afflict <6031>(8765) your souls <5315>, and offer <7126>(8689) an offering made by fire <801> unto the LORD <3068>.
28. And ye shall do <6213>(8799) no work <4399> in that same <6106> day <3117>: for it is a day <3117> of atonement <3725>, to make an atonement <3722>(8763) for you before <6440> the LORD <3068> your God <430>.
29. For whatsoever soul <5315> it be that shall not be afflicted <6031>(8792) in that same <6106> day <3117>, he shall be cut off <3772>(8738) from among his people <5971>.
30. And whatsoever soul <5315> it be that doeth <6213>(8799) any work <4399> in that same <6106> day <3117>, the same soul <5315> will I destroy <6>(8689) from among <7130> his people <5971>.
31. Ye shall do <6213>(8799) no manner of work <4399>: it shall be a statute <2708> for ever <5769> throughout your generations <1755> in all your dwellings <4186>.
32. It shall be unto you a sabbath <7676> of rest <7677>, and ye shall afflict <6031>(8765) your souls <5315>: in the ninth <8672> day of the month <2320> at even <6153>, from even <6153> unto even <6153>, shall ye celebrate <7673>(8799) your sabbath <7676>.
33. And the LORD <3068> spake <1696>(8762) unto Moses <4872>, saying <559>(8800),
34. Speak <1696>(8761) unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, saying <559>(8800), The fifteenth <2568> <6240> day <3117> of this seventh <7637> month <2320> shall be the feast <2282> of tabernacles <5521> for seven <7651> days <3117> unto the LORD <3068>.
35. On the first <7223> day <3117> shall be an holy <6944> convocation <4744>: ye shall do <6213>(8799) no servile <5656> work <4399> therein.
36. Seven <7651> days <3117> ye shall offer <7126>(8689) an offering made by fire <801> unto the LORD <3068>: on the eighth <8066> day <3117> shall be an holy <6944> convocation <4744> unto you; and ye shall offer <7126>(8686) an offering made by fire <801> unto the LORD <3068>: it is a solemn assembly <6116>; and ye shall do <6213>(8799) no servile <5656> work <4399> therein.
37. These are the feasts <4150> of the LORD <3068>, which ye shall proclaim <7121>(8799) to be holy <6944> convocations <4744>, to offer <7126>(8687) an offering made by fire <801> unto the LORD <3068>, a burnt offering <5930>, and a meat offering <4503>, a sacrifice <2077>, and drink offerings <5262>, every thing <1697> upon his <3117> day <3117>:
38. Beside the sabbaths <7676> of the LORD <3068>, and beside your gifts <4979>, and beside all your vows <5088>, and beside all your freewill offerings <5071>, which ye give <5414>(8799) unto the LORD <3068>.
39. Also in the fifteenth <2568> <6240> day <3117> of the seventh <7637> month <2320>, when ye have gathered <622>(8800) in the fruit <8393> of the land <776>, ye shall keep <2287>(8799) a feast <2282> unto the LORD <3068> seven <7651> days <3117>: on the first <7223> day <3117> shall be a sabbath <7677>, and on the eighth <8066> day <3117> shall be a sabbath <7677>.
40. And ye shall take <3947>(8804) you on the first <7223> day <3117> the boughs <6529> of goodly <1926> trees <6086>, branches <3709> of palm <8558> trees, and the boughs <6057> of thick <5687> trees <6086>, and willows <6155> of the brook <5158>; and ye shall rejoice <8055>(8804) before <6440> the LORD <3068> your God <430> seven <7651> days <3117>.
41. And ye shall keep <2287>(8804) it a feast <2282> unto the LORD <3068> seven <7651> days <3117> in the year <8141>. It shall be a statute <2708> for ever <5769> in your generations <1755>: ye shall celebrate <2287>(8799) it in the seventh <7637> month <2320>.
42. Ye shall dwell <3427>(8799) in booths <5521> seven <7651> days <3117>; all that are Israelites <3478> born <249> shall dwell <3427>(8799) in booths <5521>:
43. That your generations <1755> may know <3045>(8799) that I made the children <1121> of Israel <3478> to dwell <3427>(8689) in booths <5521>, when I brought them out <3318>(8687) of the land <776> of Egypt <4714>: I am the LORD <3068> your God <430>.
44. And Moses <4872> declared <1696>(8762) unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478> the feasts <4150> of the LORD <3068>.
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Psalm 127, Psalm 128 - CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING FROM THE LORD
Children are not accidents - they are a blessing from the LORD, a reward from him. Children keep us young and as we age they become our strength. Psalm 127 says, "Blessed is the man that has his quiver full of them (children)". Blessed is also translated in other places as Happy. So the man who has lots of children is a happy man. Psalm 128 echoes that comment when it speaks of the blessings of the man who fears the Lord. Two of the blessings concern his wife and his children. "Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD."
It is a sad fact that society had revoked this blessing from the LORD with the advent of working mothers, contraception, abortions and the social trend of having only one or two children. The age of childbearing has also raised significantly taking away from us the blessings of sons born in one's youth.
Let us rejoice in the blessings that God has given us and bring them up to give back to God.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
Psalm 130 This Psalm brings us to the redemptive work of Christ. He required redemption from mortality, as represented here by disease of leprosy. All, apart from Christ, share Hezekiah's position." If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities O Lord, who shall stand?" V.3 We can only stand because there is forgiveness with God through the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to John
Psalm 128 seems to be a continuation (or second part) of Psalm 127.
Psalm 129: This psalm recounts the difficulties that the captives experienced in Babylon. Perhaps the phrase from my youth suggests that the memories reach further back, to Egypt.
Psalm 130: Here we have an expression of penitence. The hope of the captives is that Yahweh will forgive them for the misdeeds that brought them to Babylon in the first place.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2008 Reply to Michael
130 Notice the progression in the Psalm. Whilst the Psalmist beings by crying ‘out of the depths’ by the end of the Psalm he is speaking of God’s mercy. Wallowing in self pity sis of no value. The Psalmists solution is, in prayer, to consider the wonderful works of God.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2010 Reply to Peter
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1. A Song <7892> of degrees <4609>. Blessed <835> is every one that feareth <3373> the LORD <3068>; that walketh <1980>(8802) in his ways <1870>.
2. For thou shalt eat <398>(8799) the labour <3018> of thine hands <3709>: happy <835> shalt thou be, and it shall be well <2896> with thee.
3. Thy wife <802> shall be as a fruitful <6509>(8802) vine <1612> by the sides <3411> of thine house <1004>: thy children <1121> like olive <2132> plants <8363> round about <5439> thy table <7979>.
4. Behold, that thus shall the man <1397> be blessed <1288>(8792) that feareth <3373> the LORD <3068>.
5. The LORD <3068> shall bless <1288>(8762) thee out of Zion <6726>: and thou shalt see <7200>(8798) the good <2898> of Jerusalem <3389> all the days <3117> of thy life <2416>.
6. Yea, thou shalt see <7200>(8798) thy children's <1121> children <1121>, and peace <7965> upon Israel <3478>.
1. A Song <7892> of degrees <4609>. Many a time <7227> have they afflicted <6887>(8804) me from my youth <5271>, may Israel <3478> now say <559>(8799):
2. Many a time <7227> have they afflicted <6887>(8804) me from my youth <5271>: yet they have not prevailed <3201>(8804) against me.
3. The plowers <2790>(8802) plowed <2790>(8804) upon my back <1354>: they made long <748>(8689) their furrows <4618>(8675) <4618>.
4. The LORD <3068> is righteous <6662>: he hath cut asunder <7112>(8765) the cords <5688> of the wicked <7563>.
5. Let them all be confounded <954>(8799) and turned <5472>(8735) back <268> that hate <8130>(8802) Zion <6726>.
6. Let them be as the grass <2682> upon the housetops <1406>, which withereth <3001>(8804) afore <6927> it groweth up <8025>(8804):
7. Wherewith the mower <7114>(8802) filleth <4390>(8765) not his hand <3709>; nor he that bindeth sheaves <6014>(8764) his bosom <2683>.
8. Neither do they which go by <5674>(8802) say <559>(8804), The blessing <1293> of the LORD <3068> be upon you: we bless <1288>(8765) you in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>.
1. A Song <7892> of degrees <4609>. Out of the depths <4615> have I cried <7121>(8804) unto thee, O LORD <3068>.
2. Lord <136>, hear <8085>(8798) my voice <6963>: let thine ears <241> be attentive <7183> to the voice <6963> of my supplications <8469>.
3. If thou, LORD <3050>, shouldest mark <8104>(8799) iniquities <5771>, O Lord <136>, who shall stand <5975>(8799)?
4. But there is forgiveness <5547> with thee, that thou mayest be feared <3372>(8735).
5. I wait <6960>(8765) for the LORD <3068>, my soul <5315> doth wait <6960>(8765), and in his word <1697> do I hope <3176>(8689).
6. My soul <5315> waiteth for the Lord <136> more than they that watch <8104>(8802) for the morning <1242>: I say, more than they that watch <8104>(8802) for the morning <1242>.
7. Let Israel <3478> hope <3176>(8761) in the LORD <3068>: for with the LORD <3068> there is mercy <2617>, and with him is plenteous <7235>(8687) redemption <6304>.
8. And he shall redeem <6299>(8799) Israel <3478> from all his iniquities <5771>.
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In this chapter Christ is teaching the disciples the rules of life, rules which from then on would govern all their words and actions, these rules still apply in the 21st. century; it is a really high standard of behaviour that is demanded. We might think or feel at times: "Its not for me, I can't do it." The truth of it is that it is for us, we can do it. We have been called, we would not have been called if we could not do it. But, we must remember that these qualities are not natural to any one of us. We must be continually putting off the ways of the old man, and be developing the ways of our Master.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to John
Ch 6 v 5 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. How is the Lord Jesus Lord of this day? He exhibited the true principles of the Sabbath as outlined in Is 58. He was the embodiment of those priciples which showed how we ought to act to others and display love for our neighbour and in so doing our love for God. The Sabbath was made for man that he might develop spiritually and here was one who was the epitome of all spiritual development. It also points us forward to the kingdom where on that 7th day (7000 years) Jesus will be Lord over all the Earth and the people will bring forth praise to honour our heavenly Father
Richard Snelling [Swansea] Comment added in 2012 Reply to Richard
Build upon a rock. What is that rock? It is the word of God. But what are we to build? We should build that which will be permanent. Nothing on earth has been permanent; not buildings, not churches, not the Temple of Solomon, not countries, not lives, not anything. The only permanent things are those stored in heaven as explained to us in Matthew chapter 6:19-21.
The things stored in heaven are Jesus and the book of life about us written by God describing our works (figuratively) as in Malachi 3:16-18 and Philippians 4:3. We take our soul and our heart to the judgment seat and if confirmed (written in the book of life) our resurrected body is taken into the Kingdom.
1 Titus 1:5 states: “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:”
The pure heart is the house we are building.
The good conscience is the mind we are building.
The unfeigned faith is the soul we are building.
Charity; our works out of our pure heart, good conscience, and true faith.
We build our soul and heart with the help of the Holy Spirit throughout our life. Are we doing well in this building effort?
Stephen DeMarco [Honesdale PA in the USA] Comment added in 2013 Reply to Stephen
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1. And <1161> it came to pass <1096>(5633) on <1722> the second <1207> <0> sabbath <4521> after the first <1207>, that he <846> went <1279>(5738) through <1223> the corn fields <4702>; and <2532> his <846> disciples <3101> plucked <5089>(5707) the ears of corn <4719>, and <2532> did eat <2068>(5707), rubbing <5597>(5723) them in their hands <5495>.
2. And <1161> certain <5100> of the Pharisees <5330> said <2036>(5627) unto them <846>, Why <5101> do ye <4160>(5719) that which <3739> is <1832> <0> not <3756> lawful <1832>(5748) to do <4160>(5721) on <1722> the sabbath days <4521>?
3. And <2532> Jesus <2424> answering <611>(5679) them <4314> <846> said <2036>(5627), Have ye <314> <0> not <3761> <0> read <314>(5627) so much as <3761> this <5124>, what <3739> David <1138> did <4160>(5656), when <3698> himself <846> was an hungred <3983>(5656), and <2532> they which <3588> were <5607>(5752) with <3326> him <846>;
4. How <5613> he went <1525>(5627) into <1519> the house <3624> of God <2316>, and <2532> did take <2983>(5627) and <2532> eat <5315>(5627) the shewbread <740> <4286>, and <2532> gave <1325>(5656) also <2532> to them that were with <3326> him <846>; which <3739> it is <1832> <0> not <3756> lawful <1832>(5748) to eat <5315>(5629) but for <1508> the priests <2409> alone <3441>?
5. And <2532> he said <3004>(5707) unto them <846>, That <3754> the Son <5207> of man <444> is <2076>(5748) Lord <2962> also <2532> of the sabbath <4521>.
6. And <1161> it came to pass <1096>(5633) also <2532> on <1722> another <2087> sabbath <4521>, that he <846> entered <1525>(5629) into <1519> the synagogue <4864> and <2532> taught <1321>(5721): and <2532> there <1563> was <2258>(5713) a man <444> whose <2532> <846> right <1188> hand <5495> was <2258>(5713) withered <3584>.
7. And <1161> the scribes <1122> and <2532> Pharisees <5330> watched <3906>(5707) him <846>, whether <1487> he would heal <2323>(5692) on <1722> the sabbath day <4521>; that <2443> they might find <2147>(5627) an accusation <2724> against him <846>.
8. But <1161> he knew <1492>(5715) their <846> thoughts <1261>, and <2532> said <2036>(5627) to the man <444> which <3588> had <2192>(5723) the withered <3584> hand <5495>, Rise up <1453>(5669), and <2532> stand forth <2476>(5628) in <1519> the midst <3319>. And <1161> he arose <450>(5631) and stood forth <2476>(5627).
9. Then <3767> said <2036>(5627) Jesus <2424> unto <4314> them <846>, I will ask <1905>(5692) you <5209> one thing <5101>; Is it lawful <1832>(5748) on the sabbath days <4521> to do good <15>(5658), or <2228> to do evil <2554>(5658)? to save <4982>(5658) life <5590>, or <2228> to destroy <622>(5658) it?
10. And <2532> looking round about upon <4017>(5671) them <846> all <3956>, he said <2036>(5627) unto the man <444>, Stretch forth <1614>(5657) thy <4675> hand <5495>. And <1161> he did <4160>(5656) so <3779>: and <2532> his <846> hand <5495> was restored <600>(5681) whole <5199> as <5613> the other <243>.
11. And <1161> they were filled <4130>(5681) with madness <454>; and <2532> communed <1255>(5707) one with another <4314> <240> what <5101> <302> they might do <4160>(5659) to Jesus <2424>.
12. And <1161> it came to pass <1096>(5633) in <1722> those <5025> days <2250>, that he went out <1831>(5627) into <1519> a mountain <3735> to pray <4336>(5664), and <2532> continued all night <1273>(5723) <2258>(5713) in <1722> prayer <4335> to God <2316>.
13. And <2532> when <3753> it was <1096>(5633) day <2250>, he called <4377>(5656) unto him his <848> disciples <3101>: and <2532> of <575> them <846> he chose <1586>(5671) twelve <1427>, whom <3739> also <2532> he named <3687>(5656) apostles <652>;
14. Simon <4613>, (whom <3739> he also <2532> named <3687>(5656) Peter <4074>,) and <2532> Andrew <406> his <846> brother <80>, James <2385> and <2532> John <2491>, Philip <5376> and <2532> Bartholomew <918>,
15. Matthew <3156> and <2532> Thomas <2381>, James <2385> the <3588> son of Alphaeus <256>, and <2532> Simon <4613> called <2564>(5746) Zelotes <2208>,
16. And Judas <2455> the brother of James <2385>, and <2532> Judas <2455> Iscariot <2469>, which <3739> also <2532> was <1096>(5633) the traitor <4273>.
17. And <2532> he came down <2597>(5631) with <3326> them <846>, and stood <2476>(5627) in <1909> the plain <3977> <5117>, and <2532> the company <3793> of his <846> disciples <3101>, and <2532> a great <4183> multitude <4128> of people <2992> out of <575> all <3956> Judaea <2449> and <2532> Jerusalem <2419>, and <2532> from the sea coast <3882> of Tyre <5184> and <2532> Sidon <4605>, which <3739> came <2064>(5627) to hear <191>(5658) him <846>, and <2532> to be healed <2390>(5683) of <575> their <848> diseases <3554>;
18. And <2532> they that were vexed <3791>(5746) with <5259> unclean <169> spirits <4151>: and <2532> they were healed <2323>(5712).
19. And <2532> the whole <3956> multitude <3793> sought <2212>(5707) to touch <680>(5733) him <846>: for <3754> there went <1831>(5711) virtue <1411> out <3844> of him <846>, and <2532> healed <2390>(5711) them all <3956>.
20. And <2532> he <846> lifted up <1869>(5660) his <848> eyes <3788> on <1519> his <848> disciples <3101>, and said <3004>(5707), Blessed <3107> be ye poor <4434>: for <3754> yours <5212> is <2076>(5748) the kingdom <932> of God <2316>.
21. Blessed <3107> are ye that hunger <3983>(5723) now <3568>: for <3754> ye shall be filled <5526>(5701). Blessed <3107> are ye that weep <2799>(5723) now <3568>: for <3754> ye shall laugh <1070>(5692).
22. Blessed <3107> are ye <2075>(5748), when <3752> men <444> shall hate <3404>(5661) you <5209>, and <2532> when <3752> they shall separate <873>(5661) you <5209> from their company, and <2532> shall reproach <3679>(5661) you, and <2532> cast out <1544>(5632) your <5216> name <3686> as <5613> evil <4190>, for the Son <5207> of man's <444> sake <1752>.
23. Rejoice ye <5463>(5720) in <1722> that <1565> day <2250>, and <2532> leap for joy <4640>(5657): for <1063>, behold <2400>(5628), your <5216> reward <3408> is great <4183> in <1722> heaven <3772>: for <1063> in <2596> the like manner <5024> did <4160>(5707) their <846> fathers <3962> unto the prophets <4396>.
24. But <4133> woe <3759> unto you <5213> that are rich <4145>! for <3754> ye have received <568>(5719) your <5216> consolation <3874>.
25. Woe <3759> unto you <5213> that are full <1705>(5772)! for <3754> ye shall hunger <3983>(5692). Woe <3759> unto you <5213> that laugh <1070>(5723) now <3568>! for <3754> ye shall mourn <3996>(5692) and <2532> weep <2799>(5692).
26. Woe <3759> unto you <5213>, when <3752> all <3956> men <444> shall speak <2036>(5632) well <2573> of you <5209>! for <1063> so <5024> <2596> did <4160>(5707) their <846> fathers <3962> to the false prophets <5578>.
27. But <235> I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213> which <3588> hear <191>(5723), Love <25>(5720) your <5216> enemies <2190>, do <4160>(5720) good <2573> to them which <3588> hate <3404>(5723) you <5209>,
28. Bless <2127>(5720) them that curse <2672>(5740) you <5213>, and <2532> pray <4336>(5737) for <5228> them which despitefully use <1908>(5723) you <5209>.
29. And unto him that smiteth <5180>(5723) thee <4571> on <1909> the one cheek <4600> offer <3930>(5720) also <2532> the other <243>; and <2532> him <575> that taketh away <142>(5723) thy <4675> cloke <2440> forbid <2967>(5661) not <3361> to take thy coat <5509> also <2532>.
30. <1161> Give <1325>(5720) to every man <3956> that asketh <154>(5723) of thee <4571>; and <2532> of <575> him that taketh away <142>(5723) thy goods <4674> ask <523> <0> them not <3361> again <523>(5720).
31. And <2532> as <2531> ye would <2309>(5719) that <2443> men <444> should do <4160>(5725) to you <5213>, do <4160>(5720) ye <5210> also <2532> to them <846> likewise <3668>.
32. For <2532> if <1487> ye love <25>(5719) them which love <25>(5723) you <5209>, what <4169> thank <5485> have <2076>(5748) ye <5213>? for <1063> sinners <268> also <2532> love <25>(5723) those that love <25>(5719) them <846>.
33. And <2532> if <1437> ye do good <15>(5725) to them which do good <15>(5723) to you <5209>, what <4169> thank <5485> have <2076>(5748) ye <5213>? for <1063> sinners <268> also do <4160>(5719) even <2532> the same <846>.
34. And <2532> if <1437> ye lend <1155>(5725) to them of <3844> whom <3739> ye hope <1679>(5719)(5625) <1679>(5725) to receive <618>(5629), what <4169> thank <5485> have <2076>(5748) ye <5213>? for <1063> sinners <268> also <2532> lend <1155>(5719) to sinners <268>, to <2443> receive <618> <0> as much <2470> again <618>(5632).
35. But <4133> love ye <25>(5720) your <5216> enemies <2190>, and <2532> do good <15>(5720), and <2532> lend <1155>(5720), hoping <560> <0> for nothing <3367> again <560>(5723); and <2532> your <5216> reward <3408> shall be <2071>(5704) great <4183>, and <2532> ye shall be <2071>(5704) the children <5207> of the Highest <5310>: for <3754> he <846> is <2076>(5748) kind <5543> unto <1909> the unthankful <884> and <2532> to the evil <4190>.
36. Be ye <1096>(5737) therefore <3767> merciful <3629>, as <2531> your <5216> Father <3962> also <2532> is <2076>(5748) merciful <3629>.
37. <2532> Judge <2919>(5720) not <3361>, and <2532> ye shall <2919> <0> not <3364> be judged <2919>(5686): condemn <2613>(5720) not <3361>, and <2532> ye shall <2613> <0> not <3364> be condemned <2613>(5686): forgive <630>(5720), and <2532> ye shall be forgiven <630>(5701):
38. Give <1325>(5720), and <2532> it shall be given <1325>(5701) unto you <5213>; good <2570> measure <3358>, pressed down <4085>(5772), and <2532> shaken together <4531>(5772), and <2532> running over <5240>(5746), shall men give <1325>(5692) into <1519> your <5216> bosom <2859>. For <1063> with the same <846> measure <3358> that <3739> ye mete withal <3354>(5719) it shall be measured <488> <0> to you <5213> again <488>(5701).
39. And <1161> he spake <2036>(5627) a parable <3850> unto them <846>, <3385> Can <1410>(5736) the blind <5185> lead <3594>(5721) the blind <5185>? shall they <297> <0> not <3780> both <297> fall <4098>(5699) into <1519> the ditch <999>?
40. The disciple <3101> is <2076>(5748) not <3756> above <5228> his <848> master <1320>: but <1161> every one <3956> that is perfect <2675>(5772) shall be <2071>(5704) as <5613> his <846> master <1320>.
41. And <1161> why <5101> beholdest thou <991>(5719) the mote <2595> that is in <1722> thy <4675> brother's <80> eye <3788>, but <1161> perceivest <2657>(5719) not <3756> the beam <1385> that is in <1722> thine own <2398> eye <3788>?
42. Either <2228> how <4459> canst thou <1410>(5736) say <3004>(5721) to thy <4675> brother <80>, Brother <80>, let me <863>(5628) pull out <1544>(5632) the mote <2595> that is in <1722> thine <4675> eye <3788>, when thou <991> <0> thyself <846> beholdest <991>(5723) not <3756> the beam <1385> that is in <1722> thine <4675> own eye <3788>? Thou hypocrite <5273>, cast out <1544>(5628) first <4412> the beam <1385> out of <1537> thine own <4675> eye <3788>, and <2532> then <5119> shalt thou see clearly <1227>(5692) to pull out <1544>(5629) the mote <2595> that is in <1722> thy <4675> brother's <80> eye <3788>.
43. For <1063> a good <2570> tree <1186> bringeth <2076>(5748) <4160> <0> not <3756> forth <4160>(5723) corrupt <4550> fruit <2590>; neither <3761> doth <4160> <0> a corrupt <4550> tree <1186> bring forth <4160>(5723) good <2570> fruit <2590>.
44. For <1063> every <1538> tree <1186> is known <1097>(5743) by <1537> his own <2398> fruit <2590>. For <1063> of <1537> thorns <173> men do not <3756> gather <4816>(5719) figs <4810>, nor <3761> of <1537> a bramble bush <942> gather they <5166>(5719) grapes <4718>.
45. A good <18> man <444> out of <1537> the good <18> treasure <2344> of his <848> heart <2588> bringeth forth <4393>(5719) that which is good <18>; and <2532> an evil <4190> man <444> out of <1537> the evil <4190> treasure <2344> of his <848> heart <2588> bringeth forth <4393>(5719) that which is evil <4190>: for <1063> of <1537> the abundance <4051> of the heart <2588> his <846> mouth <4750> speaketh <2980>(5719).
46. And <1161> why <5101> call ye <2564>(5719) me <3165>, Lord <2962>, Lord <2962>, and <2532> do <4160>(5719) not <3756> the things which <3739> I say <3004>(5719)?
47. Whosoever <3956> cometh <2064>(5740) to <4314> me <3165>, and <2532> heareth <191>(5723) my <3450> sayings <3056>, and <2532> doeth <4160>(5723) them <846>, I will shew <5263>(5692) you <5213> to whom <5101> he is <2076>(5748) like <3664>:
48. He is <2076>(5748) like <3664> a man <444> which <3739> built <3618>(5723) an house <3614>, and <2532> digged <4626>(5656) deep <900>(5656), and <2532> laid <5087>(5656) the foundation <2310> on <1909> a rock <4073>: and <1161> when the flood <4132> arose <1096>(5637), the stream <4215> beat vehemently <4366>(5656) upon that <1565> house <3614>, and <2532> could <2480>(5656) not <3756> shake <4531>(5658) it <846>: for <1063> it was founded <2311>(5718) upon <1909> a rock <4073>.
49. But <1161> he that heareth <191>(5660), and <2532> doeth <4160>(5660) not <3361>, is <2076>(5748) like <3664> a man <444> that without <5565> a foundation <2310> built <3618>(5660) an house <3614> upon <1909> the earth <1093>; against <4366> <0> which <3739> the stream <4215> did beat vehemently <4366>(5656), and <2532> immediately <2112> it fell <4098>(5627); and <2532> the ruin <4485> of that <1565> house <3614> was <1096>(5633) great <3173>.