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And no one having drunk old wine [straightway] wishes for new, for he says, The old is better.

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.

And *he*, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from them], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation.

Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.

And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.

And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? [for] even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked.

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;

for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.

The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked [man] out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.

for he loves our nation, and himself has built the synagogue for us.