Christian saints -- India -- Romances; Gautama Buddha -- Legends -- Adaptations; Princes -- India -- Romances
"For the law of Moses, formerly given to the Israelites, saith, 'Thou
shalt not kill; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not steal;
thou shalt not bear false witness:' but Christ saith 'Whosoever is
angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the
judgement; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of
hell fire:' and, 'if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there
rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy
gift before the altar, and go thy way and first be reconciled to thy
brother.' And he also saith, 'Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her, hath committed adultery with her in his heart.' And hereby
he calleth the defilement and consent of the affection adultery.
Furthermore, where the law forbade a man to forswear himself, Christ
commanded him to swear not at all beyond Yea and Nay. There we read,
'Eye for eye and tooth for tooth': here, 'Whosoever shall smite thee on
thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue
thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give
to him that asketh time, and from him that would borrow of thee turn
not thou away. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good
to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and
persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in
heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Judge not, that ye be not
judged. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do
not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,
or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on:
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these
things.' He therefore that gave life and body will assuredly give food
and raiment: he that feedeth the fowls of the air and arrayeth with
such beauty the lilies of the field. 'But, seek ye first,' saith
Christ, 'the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the
morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the
gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there
be which go in thereat. Strait and narrow is the way which leadeth
unto life and few there be that find it. Not every one that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
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