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    Section X.

    [1] [Arabic, p. 38] 753

    753 Matt. vi. 24.

    No 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.  754

    754 Matt. vi. 25.

    Ye cannot serve God and possessions.  And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves,755

    755 Or, your souls; or, your lives.

    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 raiment756

    756 Matt. vi. 26.

    Consider 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?  757

    757 Matt. vi. 27.

    Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one [5] cubit758

    758 Luke xii. 26.

    If then ye are not able for a small thing, why are ye anxious about the [6, 7] rest759

    759 Matt. vi. 28.

    Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins; 760

    760 Matt. vi. 29.

    and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of [8] them.  761

    761 Matt. vi. 30.

    And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow [9] is cast762

    762 Lit. falleth (cf. Syriac).

    into the oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith763

    763 Matt. vi. 31.

    Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With [10] what shall we be clothed764

    764 Luke xii. 29b.

    Neither let your minds be perplexed in this:  765

    765 Matt. vi. 32.

    all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth [11] your need of all these things.  766

    766 Matt. vi. 33.

    Seek 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.  767

    767 Matt. vi. 34.

    Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it.  Sufficient unto the day is its evil.

    [13] 768

    768 Matt. vii. 1.

    Judge not, that ye be not judged:  769

    769 Luke vi. 37b.

    condemn770

    770 The word means to contend successfully, but is used throughout by our translator in the sense of condemn.

    not, that ye be not condemned: [14] 771

    771 Luke vi. 38.

    forgive, 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 thrust772

    772 This is the reading adopted by Ciasca in his Latin version.  The diacritical points in the Arabic text, as he has printed it (perhaps a misprint), give second person plural passive instead of third plural active.

    into your [15] bosoms773

    773 Mark iv. 24b.

    With 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.  774

    774 Mark iv. 25.

    I say unto those that hear, He that hath shall be given unto; and he that hath not, that which he regards775

    775 cf. Luke viii. 18b.  Our translator uses the same word in § 50, 5=Luke xxiii. 8b; and in both cases it represents the same word in the Syriac versions.

    as his shall be taken from him.

    [17] 776

    776 Luke vi. 39.

    And he spake unto them a parable, Can a blind man haply guide a blind man? [18] shall777

    777 Or, Do.

    they not both fall into a hollow?  778

    778 Luke vi. 40.

    A disciple is not better than his master; [19] every perfect man shall be as his master.  779

    779 Luke vi. 41.

    Why 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] 780

    780 Luke vi. 42.

    Or 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] 781

    781 Matt. vii. 6.

    Give 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] 782

    782 Luke xi. 5.

    And 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; 783

    783 Luke xi. 6.

    for a friend hath come [24] to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him:  784

    784 Luke xi. 7.

    and 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] 785

    785 Luke xi. 8.

    And 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.  786

    786 Luke xi. 9.

    And 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.  787

    787 Luke xi. 10.

    Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and [28] he that knocketh, it shall be opened to him.  788

    788 Luke xi. 11.

    What father of you, shall his son ask for bread—will he, think you, give him a stone? 789

    789 The Arabic might also be rendered, What father of you whom his son asketh for bread, will (think you) give him a stone?  But as the Peshitta preserves the confused construction of the Greek, it is probably better to render as above.

    and if he ask of him a fish, will he, [29] think you, 790

    790 Luke xi. 12.

    instead of the fish give him a serpent? and if he ask him for an egg, will [30] he, think you, extend to him a scorpion791

    791 Luke xi. 13.

    If 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?  792

    792 Matt. vii. 12.

    Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:  this is the law and the prophets.

    [32] 793

    793 Matt. vii. 13.

    Enter794

    794 There is nothing about striving.  The verb is walaga, which means enter (cf. § 11, 48).

    ye by the narrow gate; for the wide gate and the broad way lead to destruction, [33] and many they be which go therein.  795

    795 Matt. vii. 14.

    How narrow is the gate and straitened the way leading to life! and few be they that find it.

    [34] 796

    796 Matt. vii. 15.

    Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s797

    797 Or, lambs.

    clothing, while within [35] they are ravening wolves798

    798 Matt. vii. 16a.

    But by their fruits ye shall know them.  799

    799 Luke vi. 44.

    For every tree is known by its fruit.  For figs are not gathered800

    800 The verbs might be singular active, but not plural as in Syriac versions (cf., however, § 38, 43, note, end).  In the Borg. ms. the nouns are in the accusative.

    of thorns, neither are grapes plucked of [36] briers.  801

    801 Matt. vii. 17.

    Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but the evil tree bringeth [37] [Arabic, p. 41] forth evil fruit.  802

    802 Matt. vii. 18.

    The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the [38] evil tree bring forth good fruit.  803

    803 Luke vi. 45.

    The 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.  804

    804 Matt. vii. 19.

    Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast [40, 41] into the fire805

    805 Matt. vii. 20.

    Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  806

    806 Matt. vii. 21.

    Not 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 heaven807

    807 Matt. vii. 22.

    Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out [43] devils, and in thy name do many powers?  808

    808 Matt. vii. 23.

    Then shall I say unto them, I never [44] knew you:  depart from me, ye servants of iniquity809

    809 Luke vi. 47.

    Every man that cometh unto [45] me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to what he is like:  810

    810 Luke vi. 48.

    he is like the wise man which built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the [46] foundations on a rock811

    811 Matt. vii. 25.

    and the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and it fell not:  for its foundation was laid on [47] rocks812

    812 Matt. vii. 26.

    And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like [48] the foolish man which built his house on sand, without foundation:  813

    813 Matt. vii. 27.

    and the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house, and it fell:  and the fall of it was great.

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