From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for October 3   
      
   Matthew Chapter 5   
      
   1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was   
   set, his disciples came unto him:   
      
   2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,   
      
   3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.   
      
   4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.   
      
   5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.   
      
   6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for   
   they shall be filled.   
      
   7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.   
      
   8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.   
      
   9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.   
      
   10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for   
   theirs is the kingdom of heaven.   
      
   11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and   
   shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.   
      
   12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven:   
   for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.   
      
   13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,   
   wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to   
   be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.   
      
   14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot   
   be hid.   
      
   15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a   
   candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.   
      
   16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good   
   works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.   
      
   17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am   
   not come to destroy, but to fulfil.   
      
   18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one   
   tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.   
      
   19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and   
   shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of   
   heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called   
   great in the kingdom of heaven.   
      
   20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the   
   righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter   
   into the kingdom of heaven.   
      
   21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not   
   kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:   
      
   22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without   
   a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to   
   his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever   
   shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.   
      
   23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest   
   that thy brother hath ought against thee;   
      
   24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be   
   reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.   
      
   25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with   
   him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the   
   judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.   
      
   26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till   
   thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.   
      
   27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not   
   commit adultery:   
      
   28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after   
   her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.   
      
   29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from   
   thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should   
   perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.   
      
   30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee:   
   for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and   
   not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.   
      
   31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give   
   her a writing of divorcement:   
      
   32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving   
   for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and   
   whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.   
      
   33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou   
   shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:   
      
   34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is   
   God's throne:   
      
   35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for   
   it is the city of the great King.   
      
   36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one   
   hair white or black.   
      
   37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is   
   more than these cometh of evil.   
      
   38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth   
   for a tooth:   
      
   39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall   
   smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.   
      
   40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let   
   him have thy cloke also.   
      
   41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.   
      
   42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee   
   turn not thou away.   
      
   43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour,   
   and hate thine enemy.   
      
   44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do   
   good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use   
   you, and persecute you;   
      
   45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he   
   maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on   
   the just and on the unjust.   
      
   46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even   
   the publicans the same?   
      
   47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do   
   not even the publicans so?   
      
   48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is   
   perfect.   
      
   Matthew Chapter 6   
      
   1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:   
   otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.   
      
   2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before   
   thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that   
   they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.   
      
   3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right   
   hand doeth:   
      
   4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret   
   himself shall reward thee openly.   
      
   5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for   
   they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the   
   streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have   
   their reward.   
      
   6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast   
   shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father   
   which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.   
      
      
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