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THE PRECEPTS OF JESUS.
good gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him ?
# And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a
certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and
said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee,,
and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said,,
Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God,,
and keep it.
t No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth
it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on ai
candlestick, that they which come in may see the light-
The light of the body is the eye : therefore when
thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ;
but when thine eye is evil, thy body also ts full of dark-
ness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in
thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore he
full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be
full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth
give thee light.
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him tor
dine with him : and he went in, and sat down to meat.
And when the Pharisee saw z/, he marvelled that he had
not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said unto
him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the
cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening
and wickedness. Yc fools, did not he that made that
which is without* make that which is within also ? But
rather give alms of such things as ye have ; and, behold,
all things are clearl unto you. But woe unto you,
Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of
Luke, chap. xi. 27. f Luke, chap. xi. 33.
good gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him ?
# And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a
certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and
said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee,,
and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said,,
Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God,,
and keep it.
t No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth
it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on ai
candlestick, that they which come in may see the light-
The light of the body is the eye : therefore when
thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ;
but when thine eye is evil, thy body also ts full of dark-
ness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in
thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore he
full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be
full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth
give thee light.
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him tor
dine with him : and he went in, and sat down to meat.
And when the Pharisee saw z/, he marvelled that he had
not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said unto
him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the
cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening
and wickedness. Yc fools, did not he that made that
which is without* make that which is within also ? But
rather give alms of such things as ye have ; and, behold,
all things are clearl unto you. But woe unto you,
Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of
Luke, chap. xi. 27. f Luke, chap. xi. 33.