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§ 81.] THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 153

അന്തഃകലഹങ്ങളാൽ കള്ള ഇടയന്മാൎക്കു തന്നെ നാശം എന്നും കാട്ടിയതു. എ
ന്നാൽ വിധിക്കയും ശപിക്കയും ചെയ്യാതെ ക്ഷമിക്കയിലും കൊടുക്കുന്നതിലും
രസിച്ചാൽ ഇങ്ങിനെത്തവന്നു പ്രതിഫലമായി സകലവും നിറഞ്ഞും വഴി
ഞ്ഞും ലഭിക്കും (ലൂക്ക.)

പിന്നെ പറീശന്മാരെ പതുക്കെ ആക്ഷേപിപ്പാൻ ഒർ ഉപമ പറഞ്ഞു.
കുരുടനെ നടത്തുന്ന കുരുടൻ കുഴിയിൽ വീഴുകേ ഉള്ളു. നിങ്ങളും കള്ളഗുരുക്ക
ന്മാരെ അനുസരിച്ചാൽ അവരേക്കാൾ ഉത്തമന്മാർ അല്ല സമന്മാർ അത്രെ
ആകും (ലൂക്ക.).

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MATT. VII.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened un- to you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knock- eth 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 ser- pent? 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 to thereat: 14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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MATT. VII. 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.

LUKE VI. 43 For a good tree bringetih not forth corrupt fruit; neither doeth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48. He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and When the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was found- ed upon a rock. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

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