Section X.

[1] [Arabic, p. 38] 679No 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 [2] other.  680Ye cannot serve God and possessions.  And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves,681 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 [3] than the raiment?  682Consider 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 [4] better than they?  683Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one [5] cubit?  684If then ye are not able for a small thing, why are ye anxious about the [6, 7] rest?  685Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins; 686and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of [8] them.  687And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow [9] is cast688 into the oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith!  689Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With [10] what shall we be clothed?  690Neither let your minds be perplexed in this:  691all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth [11] your need of all these things.  692Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; [12] [Arabic, p. 39] and all these shall come to you as something additional for you.  693Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it.  Sufficient unto the day is its evil.

[13] 694Judge not, that ye be not judged:  695condemn696 not, that ye be not condemned: [14] 697forgive, 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 thrust698 into your [15] bosoms.  699With 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 [16] shall be given more.  700I say unto those that hear, He that hath shall be given unto; and he that hath not, that which he regards701 as his shall be taken from him.

[17] 702And he spake unto them a parable, Can a blind man haply guide a blind man? [18] shall703 they not both fall into a hollow?  704A disciple is not better than his master; [19] every perfect man shall be as his master.  705Why 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] 706Or 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] 707Give 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] 708And he said unto them, Who of you, that hath a friend, goeth to him at midnight, [23] and saith unto him, My friend, lend me three loaves; 709for a friend hath come [24] to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him:  710and that friend shall [Arabic, p. 40] 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] 711And verily I say unto you, If he will not give him because of friendship, yet because [26] of his importunity he will rise and give him what he seeketh.  712And I also say unto you, Ask, and ye shall be given unto; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be [27] opened unto you.  713Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and [28] he that knocketh, it shall be opened to him.  714What father of you, shall his son ask for bread—will he, think you, give him a stone? 715and if he ask of him a fish, will he, [29] think you, 716instead of the fish give him a serpent? and if he ask him for an egg, will [30] he, think you, extend to him a scorpion?  717If ye then, although being evil, know the gifts which are good, and give them to your children, how much more shall your [31] Father which is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?  718Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:  this is the law and the prophets.

[32] 719Enter720 ye by the narrow gate; for the wide gate and the broad way lead to destruction, [33] and many they be which go therein.  721How narrow is the gate and straitened the way leading to life! and few be they that find it.

[34] 722Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s723 clothing, while within [35] they are ravening wolves.  724But by their fruits ye shall know them.  725For every tree is known by its fruit.  For figs are not gathered726 of thorns, neither are grapes plucked of [36] briers.  727Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but the evil tree bringeth [37] [Arabic, p. 41] forth evil fruit.  728The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the [38] evil tree bring forth good fruit.  729The 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 [39] heart the lips speak.  730Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast [40, 41] into the fire.  731Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  732Not all that say unto me, My Lord, my Lord, shall enter the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth [42] the will of my Father which is in heaven.  733Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy