Matthew 5:1-28 ▼

1 When he sawe the people he went vp into a mountayne and when he was set his disciples came to hym

2 and he opened hys mouthe and taught them sayinge:

3 Blessed are the povre in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heven.

4 Blessed are they that morne: for they shalbe conforted.

5 Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth.

6 Blessed are they which honger and thurst for rightewesnes: for they shalbe filled.

7 Blessed are ye mercifull: for they shall obteyne mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in herte: for they shall se God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God.

10 Blessed are they which suffre persecucio for rightwesnes sake: for theirs ys the kyngdome of heuen.

11 Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsly say all manner of yvell saynges agaynst you for my sake.

12 Reioyce and be glad for greate is youre rewarde in heven. + For so persecuted they ye Prophetes which were before youre dayes.

13 ye are ye salt of the erthe: but and yf ye salt have lost hir saltnes what can be salted ther with? It is thence forthe good for nothynge but to be cast oute and to be troade vnder fote of men.

14 Ye are ye light of the worlde. A cite yt is set on an hill cannot be hid

15 nether do men lyght a cadell and put it vnder a busshell but on a candelstick and it lighteth all that are in the house.

16 Let youre light so shyne before men yt they maye se youre good workes and glorify youre father which is in heven.

17 Thinke not yt I am come to destroye the lawe or the Prophets: no I am nott come to destroye them but to fulfyll them.

18 For truely I saye vnto you till heven and erth perisshe one iott or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfilled.

19 Whosoever breaketh one of these lest commaundmentes and teacheth men so he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heve. But whosoever obserueth and teacheth ye same shal be called greate in the kyngdome of heven.

20 For I saye vnto you except youre rightewesnes excede the righetewesnes of ye Scribes and Pharises ye canot entre into ye kyngdome of heven.

21 Ye have herde howe it was sayd vnto the of ye olde tyme: Thou shalt not kyll. For whoso ever kylleth shall be in daunger of iudgemet.

22 But I say vnto you whosoever is angre with hys brother shalbe in daunger of iudgement. Whosoeuer sayeth vnto his brother Racha shalbe in dauger of a cousell. But whosoeuer sayeth thou fole shalbe in dauger of hell fyre.

23 Therfore whe thou offrest thy gifte at the altare and their remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the:

24 leue there thyne offrynge before the altre and go thy waye first and be reconcyled to thy brother and then come and offre thy gyfte.

25 Agre with thyne adversary quicklye whyles thou arte in ye waye with hym lest that adversary deliver ye to ye iudge and ye iudge delivre ye to ye minister and the thou be cast into preson.

26 I say vnto ye verely: thou shalt not come out thece till thou have payed ye utmost farthige.

27 Ye haue hearde howe it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not comitt advoutrie.

28 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer looketh on a wyfe lustynge after her hathe comitted advoutrie with hir alredy in his hert.