11. “Blessed are you when they reproach and persecute you, and falsely say every wicked word against you, for My sake.
12. “Rejoice and be glad, because your reward in the heavens is great. For in this way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13. “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt becomes tasteless, how shall it be seasoned? For it is no longer of any use but to be thrown out and to be trodden down by men.
14. “You are the light of the world. It is impossible for a city to be hidden on a mountain.
15. “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines to all those in the house.
16. “Let your light so shine before men, so that they see your good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens.
17. “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete.
18. “For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done.
19. “Whoever, then, breaks one of the least of these commands, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the reign of the heavens; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
20. “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.
21. “You heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.
22. “But I say to you that whoever is wroth with his brother without a cause shall be liable to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raka!’ shall be liable to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to fire of Gehenna.