"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake" (Matthew). "Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil for the Son of man's sake" (Luke). "Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you" (Matthew). "Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers unto the prophets" (Luke). The agreements between the two versions of this sermon, of which the foregoing are a part, are ample to prove them to be reports of the same discourse; while the variations are certainly sufficient to disprove the infallibility of the evangelistic reporters. Whether it be historical or fabricated--whether Jesus delivered the sermon or not--Matthew and Luke have given merely different versions of the same composition. The exordiums are the same; the perorations are the same--both end with the illustration of the men, one of whom built his house on a frail, the other on a firm foundation; the doctrines enunciated are substantially the same; while the words in which they are clothed proclaim a common origin. Matthew's version is longer than Luke's; either Matthew has added to, or Luke has taken from the original report of the sermon. 132 Repeat the Golden Rule. "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets" (Matthew vii, 12; Luke vi, 31). Seventy years before Christ, Hillel, the Jewish rabbi, said: "Do not to others what you would not have them do to you. This is the substance of the law." Rabbi Hirsch says: "Before Jesus, the Golden Rule was one of the household sayings of Israel." 133 Repeat the Lord's Prayer. According to Matthew. Old Version. New Version. "Our Father which art in heaven, "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom Hallowed be thy name. Thy come. Thy will be done in earth, as kingdom come. Thy will be done, it is in heaven. Give us this day as in heaven, so on earth. Give our daily bread. And forgive us our us this day our daily bread. And debts as we forgive our debtors. And forgive us our debts, as we also lead us not into temptation, but have forgiven our debtors. And deliver us from evil: For thine is bring us not into temptation, the kingdom, and the power, and the but deliver us from the evil glory, for ever. Amen" (vi, 9-13). one." According to Luke. Old Version. New Version.