"Do not suppose that I have come to set aside the law or the prophets.

You are the light of the world. A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its strength, what can make it salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden under foot.

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.

"Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will have mercy shown them.

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spiritual things, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

When He saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain. After He had taken His seat, His disciples came up to Him.

But I tell you, practice loving your enemies and praying for your persecutors,

So you, my followers, ought to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is."

"You have heard it was said, 'You must not commit adultery.'

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman so as to have an evil desire for her at once has already committed adultery with her in his heart,

But I say to you: "Everyone who harbors malice against his brother, will have to answer to the court, and whoever speaks contemptuously to his brother, will have to answer to the supreme court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You cursed fool? will have to pay the penalty in the pit of torture.

"Blessed are the lowly in mind, for they will possess the land.

So if, in the very act of presenting your gift at the altar, you remember that your brother has something against you,

"Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing right, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

"It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted.

But I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any other ground than unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a wife who is thus divorced commits adultery.

But I tell you not to resist the one who injures you, but if anyone slaps you on one cheek, turn him the other, too;

For I tell you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.

Whoever, therefore, breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices them and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as great in the kingdom of heaven.

So if your right eye causes you to do wrong, pluck it out of your way; for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.

"Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not swear falsely, but you must perform your oaths as a religious duty.'

to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.

People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.

leave your grit right there at the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

And if your right hand causes you to do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way, for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.

I solemnly say to you, you will never get out at all until you have paid the last penny.

But your way of speaking must be a simple 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

For if you practice loving only those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax-collectors practice that?

But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,

Then He opened His mouth and continued to teach them as follows:

Keep on rejoicing and leaping for ecstasy, for your reward will be rich in heaven; for this is the way they persecuted the prophets who lived before you.

and if anyone wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat, too.

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

Be quick to come to terms with your opponent while you are on the road to court with him, so that he may not turn you over to the judge and the judge turn you over to the officer, and you be put in prison.

If anyone, whoever he may be, keeps on begging you, give to him; if anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn him away.

Never swear by your own head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

or by the earth, for it is His footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.

And if you say 'Good morning' to your brothers only, what more than others are you doing?