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geneva@Matthew:5:1 @ And when he sawe the multitude, he went vp into a mountaine: and when he was set, his disciples came to him.

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geneva@Matthew:5:3 @ Blessed [are] the (note:)Under the name of poverty are meant all the miseries, that are joined with poverty.(:note) poor in Whose minds and spirits are brought under control, and tamed, and obey God. spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

geneva@Matthew:5:4 @ Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted.

geneva@Matthew:5:5 @ Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherite the earth.

geneva@Matthew:5:6 @ Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousnes: for they shalbe filled.

geneva@Matthew:5:7 @ Blessed are the mercifull: for they shal obteine mercie.

geneva@Matthew:5:8 @ Blessed [are] the (note:)Fitly is this word «pure» joined with the heart, for as a bright and shining resemblance or image may be seen plainly in a clear and pure looking glass, even so does the face (as it were) of the everlasting God, shine forth, and clearly appear in a pure heart.(:note) pure in heart: for they shall see God.

geneva@Matthew:5:9 @ Blessed are the peace makers: for they shal be called the children of God.

geneva@Matthew:5:10 @ Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.

geneva@Matthew:5:11 @ Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

geneva@Matthew:5:12 @ Reioyce and be glad, for great is your reward in heauen: for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

geneva@Matthew:5:13 @ Ye (note:)The ministers of the word especially (unless they will be the most cowardly of all) must lead others both by word and deed to this greatest joy and happiness.(:note) are the salt of the Your doctrine must be very sound and good, for if it is not so, it will be not regarded and cast away as a thing unsavoury and vain. earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be What will you have to salt with? And so are fools in the Latin tongue called «saltless», as you would say, men that have no salt or savour and taste in them. salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

geneva@Matthew:5:14 @ Ye are the (note:)You shine and give light by being made partakers of the true light.(:note) light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

geneva@Matthew:5:15 @ Neither doe men light a candel, and put it vnder a bushel, but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.

geneva@Matthew:5:16 @ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

geneva@Matthew:5:17 @

geneva@Matthew:5:18 @ For truly I say vnto you, Till heauen, and earth perish, one iote or one title of the Law shall not scape, till all things be fulfilled.

geneva@Matthew:5:19 @

geneva@Matthew:5:20 @ For I say vnto you, except your righteousnes exceede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.

geneva@Matthew:5:21 @

geneva@Matthew:5:22 @ But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be (note:)He speaks of the judgment of God, and of the difference of sins, and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used.(:note) in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men, who had the hearing and deciding of money matters, and such other small causes. of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges, who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs, as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest, or of a false prophet. council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «hell», it is in the text itself «Gehenna», which is one Hebrew word made out of two, and is as if to say «as the Valley of Hinnom», which the Hebrews called Topheth: it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods, whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (Jer_7:31). hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before their government was taken away by Herod: hanging, beheading, stoning, and burning. It is burning that Christ meant, because burning was the greatest punishment; therefore by making mention of a judgment, a council, and a fire, he shows that some sins are worse than others are, but yet they are all such that we must give account for them, and will be punished for them. fire.

geneva@Matthew:5:23 @

geneva@Matthew:5:24 @ Leaue there thine offring before the altar, and goe thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

geneva@Matthew:5:25 @

geneva@Matthew:5:26 @ Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast (note:)You will be dealt with in this manner, to the utmost extremity.(:note) paid the uttermost farthing.

geneva@Matthew:5:27 @

geneva@Matthew:5:28 @ But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.

geneva@Matthew:5:29 @ And if thy (note:)He names the right eye and the right hand, because the parts of the right side of our bodies are the chiefest, and the most ready to commit any wickedness.(:note) right eye Literally, do cause you to offend: for sins are stumbling blocks as it were, that is to say, rocks which we are cast upon. 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.

geneva@Matthew:5:30 @ Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

geneva@Matthew:5:31 @ It hath bene sayd also, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, let him giue her a bill of diuorcement.

geneva@Matthew:5:32 @ But I say vnto you, whosoeuer shall put away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to commit adulterie: & whosoeuer shal marrie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.

geneva@Matthew:5:33 @

geneva@Matthew:5:34 @ But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:

geneva@Matthew:5:35 @ Nor yet by the earth: for it is his footestoole: neither by Hierusalem: for it is the citie of the great King.

geneva@Matthew:5:36 @ Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke.

geneva@Matthew:5:37 @ But let your communication be, (note:)Whatever you affirm, affirm it alone, and whatever you deny, deny it alone without any more words.(:note) Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of From an evil conscience, or from the devil. evil.

geneva@Matthew:5:38 @

geneva@Matthew:5:39 @ But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.

geneva@Matthew:5:40 @ And if any man wil sue thee at the law, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloke also.

geneva@Matthew:5:41 @ And whosoeuer will compell thee to goe a mile, goe with him twaine.

geneva@Matthew:5:42 @ Giue to him that asketh, and from him that would borowe of thee, turne not away.

geneva@Matthew:5:43 @ Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

geneva@Matthew:5:44 @ But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,

geneva@Matthew:5:45 @

geneva@Matthew:5:46 @ For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Doe not the Publicanes euen the same?

geneva@Matthew:5:47 @ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the (note:)They that were the toll masters, and had the oversight of tributes and customs: this was a type of man that the Jews hated to death, both because they served the Romans in those offices (whose heavy bondage they could not overthrow) and also because these toll masters were for the most part given to covetousness.(:note) publicans so?

geneva@Matthew:5:48 @ Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.

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