9. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10. Blessed are those who endure persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11. Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:
12. be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13. You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its saltiness, with what will it be salted? It is no longer useful at all, except to be cast out and trampled under by men.
14. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
15. And they do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that it may shine to all who are in the house.
16. So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.
17. Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.
18. Amen I say to you, certainly, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, not one dot shall pass away from the law, until all is done.
19. Therefore, whoever will have loosened one of the least of these commandments, and have taught men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever will have done and taught these, such a one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20. For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21. You have heard that it was said to the ancients: 'You shall not murder; whoever will have murdered shall be liable to judgment.'