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Show Thursday, March 26, 1959 MAGNA TIMES, MAGNA, UTAH HEN he saw the crowds of people he went up on the mountain. There he seated himself, and when his disciples had come up to him, he opened his lips to teach them. And he said: But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the places of worship and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get! But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing, so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. They were told, "Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife on any ground, except unfaithfulness, makes her commit adultery, and anyone who marries her after she is divorced commits adultery. N are those who feel their spiritual fjneed, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to 'them! Blessed are the mourners, for they will humble-mindejbe consoled! Blessed are the for they will possess the land ! Blessed are those jwho are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for diey will be satisfied! Blessed are the merciful, , polite to your brothers and no one else, w'hat is there remarkable in that? Do not the very heathen do that ? So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is. thoughts of lust toward another has already committed adultery in his heart. But if your right eye makes you fall, get rid of it, throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit! If your right hand makes you fall, get rid of it, throw it away! For you might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to, the pit! Blessed 'Again, you have heard that the men of old told, "You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfill your oaths to the Lord." But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is Gods throne, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black. But your way of speaking must be Yes or "No. Anything that goes beyond that, I comes from the evil one. W'ere for they will be shown mercy! Blessed are the pure in heart; for they will see God! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called Gods sons! Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account. Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before You have heard that the men of old were told "You shall not murder, and "Whoever j murders will have to answer to the court. But I tell you that anyone who gets angry with his, brother will have to answer to the court, andj anyone who speaks contemptuously to his1 brother wall have to answer to the great council,' and anyone who says to his brother "You cursed fool! will have to answer for it in the fiery pit!. So when you are presenting your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother has any grievance against you, leave your gift right there before the altar and go and make up with your brother; then come back and present your. j you! You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can' it be made salt again? It is and good for nothing but to be thrown away peck-measur- gift. Be quick and come to terms with your opcourt with, to the on while are way you ponent him, or he may hand you over to the'judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you, you Will never get out again until you have paid the last penny!, Do not suppose that I have come to do away! with the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to do away with them but to fulfill them. For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure; lnot one dotting of an i or crossing of a t will be; dropped from the Law until it is all observed., 'weakens one of the Anyone, therefore, who and teaches others commands, these of 'slightest in the Kingdom ranked lowest be Jto do so, will 'Of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and( (leaches others to do so will be ranked high in. 'V. Heaven. F -r t T- ,, y J far superior to that ofj Jess uprightness bribes Pharisees, and you will never.even, the Heaven! of enter the Kingdom Lw rs men were tcdd "Yoq You have' heardlhat i i. But I tell vou that WsItnarnageJ.iH Itstrayslfrorn You have heard that they were told, "An But I tell! eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. if but resist to not anyone strikes injury, you other to himj the turn on cheek, your you right .too; and if anyone wants to sue you for yourj shirt, let him have your coat too. And if anyonej forces you to go one mile, go two miles with' him. If anyone begs from you, give to him, and, when anyone wants to borrow from you, do not, turn away., , - For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too. But if you do not forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father cannot forgive you for your offenses. t You have heard that they were told, "You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for that you may show your y0ur persecutors, so - When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they( are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get. But when you fast, perfume your hair and wash your face, so that no one may see that you are fasting, except your Father'who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret, . will reward you. t wrongdoers. For if you love only those who love you, hat reward can you expect? Do notj tiK.veryJaxollectorsdojhatTAnd.if you.are Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and ru destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them, but store up your riches in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, andjvhere . thievescannot . break . in. and. Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it. But the gate is 'narrow and the road is hard that leads to life,1 land there are few that find it. whole body will be dark. If, therefore, your very! light is darkness, how deep the darkness will( be! No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money. Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about life, wondering w'hat you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, won-- j dering what you Will have to wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body than clothes? Look at the wild birds. They do not sow or reap, or store their food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more account than they? But which of you with all his worry can add a single hour to his life? Why should you worry about clothing? See how the wild flowers grow. They do not toil or spin, and yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendor was never dressed like one of them. But if God so beautifully dresses the wild grass, which is alive today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more surely clothe you, you who have so little faith? So do not worry and say, "What shall we have to eat? or "What shall we have to drink? or 'Our Father in heaven, Your name be revered! ,Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth 'as it is done in heaven! Give us today bread for the day, And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors. And do not subject us to temptation, But save us from the evil one, trodden underfoot. You are the light of the (world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden. People do not light a lamp and put it 'under a they put it on its stand fand it gives light to everyone in the house. Your men so that light must burn in that way among they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven. the Kingdom of When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the places of worship and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get! But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use wmrds enough. You must not be like them. For God, who is your Father, knows what you need before you ask him. This, therefore, is the way you are to pray: he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake? So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is 'good to those who ask him for it! Therefore,1 you must always treat other people as you1 (would like to have them treat you, for this sums! up the Law and the Prophets. steal them. For wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is sound, your whole body will be light, but if your eye is unsound, your Beware of the false prophets, who come to wolves' you disguised as sheep but are ravenous underneath. You can tell them by their fruit.' Do people pick grapes off thorns, or figs off thistles? Just so any sound tree bears good fruit. but a poor tree bears bad fruit. No sound tree can bear bad fruit, and no poor tree can bear good fruit. Any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and burned. So you can tell them by their fruit. It is not everyone who says to me "Lord! Lord! who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that Day, "Lord! Lord! Was it not in 'your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts? Then Ij will say to them plainly, "I never knew you!; Go away from me, you who do wrong! vSM- - "What shall we have to wear? For these are all things the heathen are in pursuit of, and need your heavenly Father knows well that you his make must all this. But you kingdom, and before him, your greatest care, and uprightness besides. So you will have all these other things for tomorrow about do not worry tomorrow, will have worries of its owmJLtt each day be content with its own ills. Pass no more judgments upon other people, that you may not have judgment passed upon standard you. For you will be judged by the with tack will men and pay you you judge by, the same measure you have used with them. in your Why do you 'keep looking at the speck beam the to attention no and brothers eye, pay that is in your own ? How can you say to your brother, "Just let me get that speck out of your beam in your eye, when all the time there is a own? You hypocrite! First get the beam out of the your own eye, and then you can see to get brothers of out eye. your speck so Do not give what is sacred to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will and. trample them under their feet and turn tear you in pieces. Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what will open you search for. Knock, and the door to you. For it is always the one who asks who receives, and the one whef searches who finds,1 'and the one who knocks to whom the door his son asks Opens. Which of you men when a stone? Or if, will him him for some Dread give therefore," who listens to tins' and acts upon it, will be like mine of teaching 'a sensible man who built his house on rock. And the rain fell, and the risers rose, and the winds blew, and beat about that house, and it did not go down, for its foundations were on rock. And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. And the rain fell and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat about the house, and it went down, and its downfall was complete. Everyone, When Jesus had finished this discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority and not like their scribes. This text, Matthew: 5, 6, 7, is frem the New Testament, an American translation by Cdgit J. Gbodspeed. Copyright, 1 he University of by f crmisuon of Chicago, 192 J and 19 13. 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