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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 5 Godbey New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Godbey New Testament</a> > Matthew 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/4.htm" title="Matthew 4">◄</a> Matthew 5 <a href="../matthew/6.htm" title="Matthew 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Godbey New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Sermon on the Mount<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And seeing the multitudes, He went up into the mountain; and having sat down, His disciples came to Him. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And having opened His mouth He taught them, saying;<p> <A name="4"></a><p class="hdg">The Beatitudes<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/6.htm#20">Luke 6:20–23</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are the poor in spirit: because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.<Fr><p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are the meek, because they shall inherit the earth.<Fr><p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted.<Fr><p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.<Fr><p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.<Fr><p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God.<Fr><p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are the peacemakers: because they shall be called the sons of God.<Fr><p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.<Fr><p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><FR>Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.<Fr><p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Salt and Light<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/9.htm#49">Mark 9:49–50</a>; <a href ="../luke/14.htm#34">Luke 14:34–35</a>; <a href ="../philippians/2.htm#12">Philippians 2:12–18</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><FR>Ye are the salt of the earth; and if the salt may lose its savor, in what shall it be salted? It is yet without value, except having been cast out, to be trodden under feet by the people.<Fr><p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><FR>Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden.<Fr> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><FR>Neither do they light a candle, and place it under a bushel, but on the candlestick; and it shineth to all who are in the house.<Fr> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><FR>Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.<Fr><p> <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">The Fulfillment of the Law<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><FR>Think not that I came to destroy the law of the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.<Fr> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><FR>For truly I say unto you, Until heaven and earth may pass away, one jot or tittle can not pass from the law, until all things may be accomplished.<Fr> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><FR>Therefore if any one may break one of the least of these commandments, and so teach the people, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of the heavens: but whosoever may do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.<Fr><p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><FR>For I say unto you, that if your righteousness may not abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.<Fr><p> <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">Anger and Reconciliation<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/12.htm#57">Luke 12:57–59</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><FR>You have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not murder; and whosoever may murder shall be in danger of the judgment;<Fr> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><FR>but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire.<Fr> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><FR>Therefore if you may bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,<Fr> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><FR>leave there your gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to your brother, then having come offer your gift.<Fr> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><FR>Be reconciled with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; lest the adversary may deliver you to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you may be cast into prison.<Fr> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><FR>Truly I say unto you, You can not go out from thence until you have paid the last farthing.<Fr><p> <A name="28"></a><p class="hdg">Adultery<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><FR>You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.<Fr> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><FR>But I say unto you that every one looking on a woman in order to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.<Fr> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><FR>And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not that thy whole body may go away into hell.<Fr> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><p> <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">Divorce<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/16.htm#18">Luke 16:18</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><FR>And it was said, Whosoever may send away his wife, let him give her a divorcement.<Fr> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><FR>But I say unto you, that every one sending away his wife, except on account of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever may marry her who has been cast off commits adultery.<Fr><p> <A name="34"></a><p class="hdg">Oaths and Vows<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><FR>Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths.<Fr> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><FR>But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God;<Fr> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><FR>nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; neither by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.<Fr> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><FR>Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black.<Fr> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><FR>But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but that which aboundeth more than these is of the evil one.<Fr><p> <A name="39"></a><p class="hdg">Love Your Enemies<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/6.htm#27">Luke 6:27–36</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><FR>You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.<Fr> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><FR>But I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smites thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also:<Fr> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><FR>to him wishing to prosecute thee at law, and take away thy coat, let him have the cloak also.<Fr> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><FR>Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him two.<Fr> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><FR>Give to the one asking thee, and do not turn away from the one wishing to borrow from thee.<Fr><p> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><FR>You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy.<Fr> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><FR>But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you:<Fr> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><FR>in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous.<Fr> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><FR>For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same.<Fr> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><FR>If you salute your brethren only, what do ye more abundantly? do not the heathens also the same thing?<Fr> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><FR>Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.<Fr><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Godbey New Testament (1902)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>