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And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

"You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

"Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.