MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH – MORE ABOUT JESUS:  #12 Jesus’ Speech (part 2)

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<< For help understanding the meaning, read this story from a Bible written in your language.  The story is found in:

Matthew 5:43-48 6:1-4



V V V V MORE ABOUT JESUS  (maj-12.txt / maj-12.mp3) V V V V


43 "Love your enemies!  ("Love your enemies!)

Pray for those who persecute you!  (Pray for those who persecute you!)

45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.  (In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.) 

For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good,  (For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good,)

and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too.  (and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too.)

For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too.  (For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too.)

46 If you love only those who love you, what good is that?  (If you love only those who love you, what good is that?) 

Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.  (Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.)

47 If you are kind only to your friends,  (If you are kind only to your friends,)

how are you different from anyone else?  (how are you different from anyone else?)

47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else?  (If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else?)

Even pagans do that.  (Even pagans do that.)

48 But you are to be perfect,  (But you are to be perfect,)

even as your Father in heaven is perfect.  (even as your Father in heaven is perfect.)

48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.  (But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.)

1 "Take care!  ("Take care!)

Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired,  (Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired,)

because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.  (because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.)

Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.  (Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.)

2 When you give a gift to someone in need,  (When you give a gift to someone in need,)

don't shout about it as the hypocrites do  (don't shout about it as the hypocrites do--)

blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity!  (blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity!)

2 When you give a gift to someone in need, don't shout about it as the hypocrites do--blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity!  (When you give a gift to someone in need, don't shout about it as the hypocrites do--blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity!)

I assure you,  (I assure you,)

they have received all the reward they will ever get.  (they have received all the reward they will ever get.)

I assure you, they have received all the reward they will ever get.  (I assure you, they have received all the reward they will ever get.)

3 But when you give to someone,  (But when you give to someone,)

don't tell your left hand what your right hand is doing.  (don't tell your left hand what your right hand is doing.)

3 But when you give to someone, don't tell your left hand what your right hand is doing.  (But when you give to someone, don't tell your left hand what your right hand is doing.)

4 Give your gifts in secret,  (Give your gifts in secret,)

and your Father, who knows all secrets,  (and your Father, who knows all secrets,)

will reward you.  (will reward you.)

4 Give your gifts in secret, and your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.  (Give your gifts in secret, and your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.)


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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. 


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Matthew 5:43-6:4 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
about
act
acting (to act)
admired (to admire)
all
and
anyone
are (to be)
as
assure (to assure)
attention
be (to be)
because
blowing (to blow)
both
but
call (to call)
care (to care)
charity
children (child)
collector
corrupt (corrupt, more, most corrupt, corruptly)
deed
different (different, more, most different, differently)
do (to do)
doing (to do)
don't (= do not)
else
enemy (enemies)
even
ever
evil
father (Father = a name)
for
friend
from
get (to get)
gift
give (to give)
gives (to give)
good (good, better, best, goodly)
hand
have (to have)
he
heaven
his
how
hypocrite
I
if
in
is (to be)
it
just
kind
knows (to know)
left
lose (to lose)
love
much
need (to need)
of
on
only
pagan
perfect (perfect, more, most perfect, perfectly)
persecute (to persecute)
pray (to pray)
publicly (public, publicly)
rain (to rain)
received (to receive)
reward (to reward)
right
secret (secret, more, most secret, secretly)
sends (to send)
shout (to shout)
someone
street
sunlight
synagogue = a religious meeting place
take (to take)
tax
tell (to tell)
that
the
their
then
they
those
to
to act
to admire
to assure
to be
to blow
to call
to care
to do
to get
to give
to have
to know
to lose
to need
to persecute
to pray
to rain
to receive
to reward
to send
to shout
to take
to tell
too
true (true, truer, truest, truly)
trumpet
unjust (unjust, more, most unjust, unjustly)
way
what
when
who
will
you
your