Page 514 - THE SILENT HEALING POWER By DR. MURDO MACDONALD-BAYNE

MOFFATT TRANSLATION

38 You have heard the saying, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for
a tooth:
39 But I tell you, you are not to resist an injury: whoever strikes

you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well;
40 whoever wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your
coat as well;
41 whoever forces you to go one mile, go two miles with him;

42 give to the man who begs from you, and turn not away from him
who wants to borrow.
43 You have heard the saying, ‘You must love your neighbour

and hate your enemy.’
44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you,

45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven: he makes his
sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you

get for that? Do not the very tax gatherers do as much?
47 and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that?
do not the very pagans do as much?
48 You must be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect.

6:

1 Take care not to practice your charity before men in order to
be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,
2 When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the
hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from

men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.
3 When give alms, never let your left hand know what your
right hand is doing,

4 so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is
secret will reward you openly.
5 Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for

they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so
as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.
6 When you pray, go into your room and shut the door, pray to

your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will
reward you.

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