The Sermon on the Mount: A Practical ExpositionGore, Charles
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The Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Exposition
Gore, Charles
Sermon on the mount
every one that saith unto me, bringeth forth corrupt fruit;
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the nor again a corrupt tree that
kingdom of heaven; but he that bringeth forth good fruit. For
doeth the will of my Father which each tree is known by its own
is in heaven. Many will say to me fruit. For of thorns men do not
in that day, Lord, Lord, did we gather figs, nor of a bramble
not prophesy by thy name, and by bush gather they grapes. The good
thy name cast out devils, and by man out of the good treasure of
thy name do many mighty works? his heart bringeth forth that
And then will I profess unto which is good; and the evil man
them, I never knew you: depart out of the evil treasure bringeth
from me, ye that work iniquity. forth that which is evil: for out
Every one therefore which heareth of the abundance of the heart his
these words of mine, and doeth mouth speaketh.
them, shall be likened unto a
wise man, which built his house And why call ye me, Lord, Lord,
upon the rock: and the rain and do not the things which I
descended, and the floods came, say? Every one that cometh unto
and the winds blew, and beat me, and heareth my words, and
upon that house; and it fell not: doeth them, I will show you to
for it was founded upon the rock. whom he is like: he is like a man
And every one that heareth these building a house, who digged and
words of mine, and doeth them went deep, and laid a foundation
not, shall be likened unto a upon the rock: and when a flood
foolish man, which built his arose, the stream brake against
house upon the sand: and the rain that house, and could not shake
descended, and the floods came, it: because it had been well
and the winds blew, and smote builded. But he that heareth,
upon that house; and it fell: and and doeth not, is like a man
great was the fall thereof. that built a house upon the earth
without a foundation; against
And it came to pass, when Jesus which the stream brake, and
ended these words, the multitudes straightway it fell in; and the
were astonished at his teaching: ruin of that house was great.
for he taught them as one having
authority, and not as their
scribes.
And when he was come down from
the mountain, great multitudes
followed him.
APPENDIX II
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR CHRISTIANS
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