And in these days He went out to the mountain to  ¹pray, and He spent the whole night in  ²prayer to God.

And when it became day, He  ¹called His disciples to Him, and He chose from them twelve, whom He also named apostles:

Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

And Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Simon, who was called Zealot,

And Judas the  ¹brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became the traitor.

And He came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases.

And those who were troubled by unclean spirits were healed.

And all the crowd sought to touch Him, because power was going out from Him and healing all.

And He lifted up His eyes to His disciples and said,  ¹Blessed are the  ²poor, for yours is the  ³kingdom of God.

Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when men hate you and when they separate you from them and reproach you and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

 ¹But woe to you who are rich, for you have  ²received your consolation in full.

Woe to you who are satiated now, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you shall mourn and weep.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

But to you who hear I say,  ¹Love your enemies; do well to those who hate you;

Bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.

To him who beats you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.

To everyone who asks of you, give; and from him who takes away your things, do not require their return.

And just as you want men to do to you, do to them likewise.

And if you love those who love you, what  ¹thanks is it to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

For if you also do good to those who do good to you, what thanks is it to you? Even sinners do the same.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks is it to you? Even sinners lend to sinners that they may get back the equal amount.

But love your enemies, and do good and lend,  ¹expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

Be full of compassion, even as your Father also is full of compassion.

And  ¹do not judge, and you shall by no means be judged; and do not condemn, and you shall by no means be condemned; release, and you will be released;

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your  ¹bosom. For with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you in return.

And He also spoke a parable to them:  ¹A  ²blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will not both fall into a pit?

A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who has been perfected will be like his teacher.

And why do you  ¹look at the splinter which is in your brother's eye, but the beam which is in your own eye you do not consider?

How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me remove the splinter which is in your eye, you yourself not seeing the beam which is in your eye?  ¹Hypocrite, first remove the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the splinter which is in your brother's eye.

For there is no good tree that produces corrupt fruit, nor again a corrupt tree that produces good fruit.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not collect figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a thornbush.

The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth that which is good, and the evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forth that which is evil; for out of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks.

And why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things that I say?

 ¹Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the river broke out against that house, yet it was not strong enough to shake it, because it had been built well.

But he who hears and does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation, against which the river broke out, and immediately it collapsed, and the crash of that house was great.

 ¹After the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, Jehovah spoke to  ²Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' attendant, saying,

Moses My servant is dead; now then arise, and cross over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the  ¹land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.

Every place on which the sole of your foot  ¹treads I have given to you, as I promised Moses.

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the  ¹Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your territory.

No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you nor forsake you.

Be strong and take courage, for you will cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them.

Only be strong and very courageous, being certain to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you. Do not turn away from it to the right or to the left, that you may have success wherever you go.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall  ¹muse upon it day and night so that you may be certain to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have success.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and take courage; do not be afraid or dismayed. For Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

Go through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions for yourselves, for in three days you are to cross this Jordan to enter and possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving you to possess.

And to the  ¹Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying,

Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God has given you rest and will give you this land.

Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses has given you beyond the Jordan; but you yourselves shall cross over in battle array before your brothers, all the mighty men of valor; and you shall help them,

Until Jehovah gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, and you will possess that which Moses the servant of Jehovah has given you beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun.

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

As in all things we listened to Moses, so we will listen to  ¹you. Only may Jehovah your God be with you, as He was with Moses.

Any man who rebels against your command or does not listen to your words in all that you command him, let him be put to death. Only be strong and take courage.

Then Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent out from Shittim two men as spies, saying, Go, view the land, especially Jericho.

And they went and entered the house of a woman who was a harlot, whose name was  ¹Rahab; and they lay down there.

And the king of Jericho was told, saying, There are some men who have now come here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the land.

Then the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men who have come to you and who entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land.

And the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

And when it was time to shut the gate at dark, the men went out; I do not know where the men have gone. Pursue quickly after them, for you can overtake them.

But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among stalks of flax that she had laid out on the roof.

So the men pursued after them on the way toward the Jordan as far as the fords. And as soon as those who pursued after them went out, the gate was shut.

And before  ¹the spies lay down, she went up to them on the roof;

And she said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt before you.

For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you  ¹utterly destroyed.

When we heard, our hearts melted; and there no longer remained any spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God,  ¹He is God in heaven above and upon earth beneath.

So now, swear to me by Jehovah, I beg you, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house; and give me some token of trust,

That you will preserve my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.

And the men said to her, Our life  ¹for yours! If you do not utter anything of this matter concerning us, then when Jehovah gives the land to us, we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.

Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the wall of the city and she dwelt on the wall.

And she said to them, Go to the mountain, so that your pursuers do not come upon you; and hide yourselves there for three days, until your pursuers return; then afterward you can go on your way.

And the men said to her, We will be released from this oath to you that you made us swear,

Unless, when we enter the land, you tie this line of  ¹scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father's house to you in your house.

And anyone who goes forth from the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be upon his own head, and we will be innocent. And whoever is with you in the house, his blood will be upon our heads if a hand should come upon him.

But if you utter anything of this matter concerning us, we will be released from this oath to you that you made us swear.

And she said, According to your words, so shall it be. Then she sent them away, and they left. And she tied the scarlet line in the window.

And they left and came to the mountain, and they remained there for three days, until their pursuers returned. And although their pursuers searched the entire way, they could not find them.

Then the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and they crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun. And they related to him all that had happened to them.

And they said to Joshua,  ¹Jehovah has indeed given all the land into our hand; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt before us.