¹Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish, but to  ²fulfill.

For truly I say to you, Until  ¹heaven and earth pass away, one  ²iota or one  ³serif shall by no means pass away from the law until all come to pass.

Therefore whoever annuls one of the least of these  ¹commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whoever practices and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

For I say to you that unless your  ¹righteousness surpasses that of the  ²scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means  ³enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, “You shall not murder, and whoever murders shall be liable to the judgment.”

But  ¹I say to you that everyone who is  ²angry with his  ³brother shall be liable to the  ⁴judgment. And whoever says to his brother,  ⁵Raca, shall be liable to the judgment of the  ⁶Sanhedrin; and whoever says,  ⁷Moreh, shall be liable to the  ⁸Gehenna of fire.

Therefore if you are offering your  ¹gift at the  ²altar and there you remember that your brother has  ³something against you,

Leave your gift there before the altar, and  ¹first go and  ²be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Be well disposed  ¹quickly toward your  ²opponent at law, while you are with him  ³on the way, lest the opponent  ⁴deliver you to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Truly I say to you, You shall by no means  ¹come out from there until you pay the last  ²quadrans.

You have heard that it was said, “You shall not commit adultery.”

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman in order to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his  ¹heart.

So if your right eye stumbles you,  ¹pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish than for your whole body to be cast into  ²Gehenna.

And if your right hand stumbles you,  ¹cut it off and cast it from you, for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish than for your whole body to pass away into Gehenna.

And it was said, Whoever  ¹divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.

But I say to you that  ¹everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of  ²fornication, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her who has been divorced commits adultery.

Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients,  ¹“You shall not break an oath, but you shall  ²render to the Lord your oaths.”

But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by  ¹heaven, because it is the throne of God;

Nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; nor unto Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King;

Neither shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

But let your word be,  ¹Yes, yes; No, no; for anything more than these is  ²of  ³the evil one.

You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”

But I tell you not to resist him who is evil; rather whoever slaps you on your right cheek,  ¹turn to him the other also.

And to him who wishes to sue you and take your  ¹tunic, yield to him your cloak also;

And whoever compels you to go one  ¹mile, go with him two.

To him who asks of you,  ¹give; and from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.”

But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

So that you may become  ¹sons of your Father who is in the heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and  ²sends rain on the just and the unjust.

For if you love those who love you, what  ¹reward do you have? Do not even the  ²tax collectors do the same?

And if you greet only your brothers, what better thing are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

You therefore shall be  ¹perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

And in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar, Arioch the king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of Goiim,

These kings made war with Bera the king of Sodom and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (that is, the  ¹Salt Sea).

Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim

And the Horites in Mount Seir as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

And they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went forth and set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim,

Against Chedorlaomer the king of Elam and Tidal the king of Goiim and Amraphel the king of Shinar and Arioch the king of Ellasar, four kings against the five.

Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there; but those who survived fled to the hill country.

And they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went away.

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, and his possessions and departed, for he was dwelling in Sodom.

And one who had escaped came and told Abram the  ¹Hebrew. Now he was dwelling by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

And when Abram heard that his brother had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred eighteen of them, and pursued as far as Dan.

And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them to Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

And he brought back all the possessions and also brought back Lot his brother and his possessions as well as the women and the people.

And after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

And  ¹Melchizedek the king of  ²Salem brought out bread and wine. Now he was  ³priest of God the Most High.

And he  ¹blessed him and said,
Blessed be Abram of God the Most High,
 ²Possessor of heaven and earth;

And blessed be God the Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.
And  ¹Abram gave him a tenth of all.

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the people, and take the possessions for yourself.

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, God the Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

That I will  ¹not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, lest you say, I have made Abram rich;

Except only that which the young men have eaten and the portion of the men who went with me — Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

 ¹After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your  ²shield and your exceedingly great reward.

And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what will You give me, for I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram said, Since You have given me no  ¹seed, therefore, a  ²servant in my house is my heir.

But then the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, This man shall not be your heir, but he who will come out from your own  ¹body shall be your heir.

And He brought him outside and said, Look now toward the heavens, and count the  ¹stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So shall your seed be.

And he  ¹believed Jehovah, and He accounted it to him as righteousness.

Then He said to him, I am Jehovah who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to inherit it.

And he said, O Lord Jehovah,  ¹how will I know that I will inherit it?

And He said to him, Bring Me a three-year-old  ¹heifer and a three-year-old female goat and a three-year-old ram and a turtledove and a young pigeon.

And he  ¹brought Him all these and cut them in two in the middle and laid the half of each opposite the other, but the birds he did not cut in two.

And the  ¹birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, behold, a terror and great darkness fell upon him.

And He said to Abram, Know assuredly that your seed will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them; and they will  ¹afflict them  ²four hundred years.

But I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.

But as for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried in a good old age.

And in the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

And when the sun went down and it was dark, there came a smoking  ¹furnace and a  ¹torch of fire which passed between these pieces.

On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying,
To your seed do I give this land,
From the  ¹river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

The land of the Kenites and the Kenizzites and the Kadmonites

And the Hittites and the Perizzites and the  ¹Rephaim

And the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Girgashites and the Jebusites.

Now  ¹Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian female servant, whose name was  ¹Hagar.

And Sarai said to Abram, Because Jehovah has prevented me from bearing, please go in to my female servant; perhaps I will  ¹have children through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

So after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her female servant, and gave her to Abram her husband to be a wife.

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

And Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong done to me be upon you. I gave my female servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. May Jehovah judge between me and you.

And Abram said to Sarai, Your female servant is now in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes. So Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from before her.

And the  ¹Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

And He said, Hagar, Sarai's female servant, where did you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from before my mistress Sarai.

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will greatly multiply your seed, so that it will not be counted for multitude.

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her,
You have now conceived
And will bear a son,
And you shall call his name  ¹Ishmael,
Because Jehovah has heard of your affliction.

And he will be a wild ass of a man;
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone's hand, against him;
And he will settle down opposite all his brothers.

And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her,  ¹You are a  ²God who reveals Himself, for she said,  ³Do I even remain here after He has revealed Himself to me?

Therefore the well was called  ¹Beer-lahai-roi; there it is, between Kadesh and Bered.

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore,  ¹Ishmael.

And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.