Show lessons from Tins sermon is like the most sensible strife of other prophets the world around— Jeremiah Confucius Akhenaten Moses Zoroaster their accumuRepresenting Buddha Jesus Mohammed which for centuries has pointed the lated wisdom within the universal discipline way to sane conduct Mount the Sermon on ‘God’ of The and challenge the - v- i- r v is for everyone '"n can you spare minute -- read a message to 19 centuries old ? The Sermon on the Mount is for evciyone Anyone who reads it will be happier during the next 24 hours Anyone who carries it in his heart will be happier forever d Read and understand its words No speech ever promised or delivered so much 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: k Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! Blessed are the mourners for they will be consoled! Blessed are the humble minded for they will possess the land! Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness for they will be satisfied! Blessed are the merciful for 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 gift Be ' quick and come to terms with your opponent while you are on the way to court with him or he may the house Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do and praise your Father in heaven not suppose that I have come to do away with kthe Do Law or the I have not come to do Prophets away with them but to fulfill them For I tell you as long as heaven and earth endure not one dotting of an i or crossing of a will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed Anyone therefore who weakens one of the slightest of these commands and teaches others to do so will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven For I tell you'that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and hand you over to the judge and the judge may hand 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! you You have heard that men were told 'You shall not commit adultery” But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with desire has already committed adultery with her in his heart But if your right eye makes you fall tear it out and 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 cut it off and throw it awaylFor you might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to the pit! Pharisees you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven! mercy! Blessed are the pure in see God! Blessed are the peacemakers- for they will be called God’s 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 hnd 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! they heart will be shown for they will are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its k strength how can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden People do not they light a lamp and put it under a put it on its stand and it gives fight to everyone in "You THIS TEXT IS FROM THE "NEW TESTAMENT AN AMERICAN TRANSLATION" k You have heard that the men of old were told "You shall not murder” and "Whoever 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 and anyone who speaks con- They were told "Anyone who divorces his wife jnust give her a certificate of divorce” But I tell you That anyone who divorces his wife on any ground makes her commit adultery except unfaithfulness and anyone who marries her after she is divorced commits adultery Again you have heard that the men of old were told "You shall not swear falsely but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord” But I tell you not to swear at all eithef by heaven for jt is God’s throne or by the earth for it is his foot-stoor by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great king You must not swear head own for make one single cannot by your you Vr temptuously to his brother will 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 BY EE CAR J COODSPEED COPYRIGHT 'x-d- L- THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 1713 AND 1943 USED PERMISSION OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TRESS |