From :
The 1560-1599
Geneva Bible New Testament,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Matthew Chapter 5 ;
1 Who are blessed.
13 The Apostles are the salt and light of the world.
14 The city set on the hill.
15 The candle.
16 Good works.
19 The fulfilling of Christ's commandments.
21 What killing is.
23 Reconciliation is set before sacrifice.
27 Adultery.
29 The plucking out of the eye.
30 Cutting off the hand.
31 The bill of divorcement.
33 Not to swear.
41 To love our enemies.
43 Perfectness.
1 And when he saw the multitude, he went up into
a mountain; and when he was set, his disciples came
to him.
2 (1) And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying,
(1) Christ teacheth that the greatest joy and felicity
is not in the commodities and pleasures of this life,
but is laid up in heaven for them that willingly rest in
the good will and pleasure of God, and endeavor to
profit all men, although they be cruelly vexed, and
troubled of the worldlings, because they will not
fashion themselves to their manners.
3 (*) Blessed are the (a) () poor in (b) spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(*) Luke 6:20 .
(a) Under the name of poverty are all such miseries
meant, that are joined with poverty.
() That feel themselves void of all righteousness that
they may only seek it in Christ.
(b) Whose minds and spirits are brought under, and
tamed, and obey God.
4 (*) Blessed are they that () mourn, for they shall
be comforted.
(*) Isaiah 61:2-3; Luke 6:21 .
() Which feel their own misery, and seek their
comfort in God.
5 (*) Blessed are the () meek, for they shall inherit
the earth.
(*) Psalm 37:18 .
() Who rather would suffer all injuries, than they
would revenge themselves.
6 (*) Blessed are they which () hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
(*) Isaiah 65:13 .
() Being in necessity, desire nothing but that which
is upright and godly.
7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy.
8 Blessed are the (*) (c) pure in heart, for they
shall see God.
(*) Psalm 24:4 .
(c) Fitly is this word Pure joined with the heart, for
as a bright and shining resemblance or image may
be seen plainly in a clear and pure looking glass, even
so doeth the face (as it were) of the everlasting God,
shine forth and clear appears in a pure heart.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be
called the (*) children of God.
(*) For he is called the God of peace, 1 Corinthians 14:33 .
10 Blessed are they (*) which suffer persecution for
righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(*) 1 Peter 3:14 .
11 (*) Blessed are ye when men revile you, and
persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you
for my sake, falsely.
(*) Acts 5:41; 1 Peter 4:14 .
12 Rejoice and be glad, for great is your reward in
heaven; for so persecuted they the Prophets which
were before you.
13 (*) Ye (2) are the () salt of the (d) earth; but if
the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be (e)
salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be
cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
(*) Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34 .
(2) The ministers of the word especially (unless they
will be the most caitifess of all) must needs lead
others both by word and deed to this greatest joy
and felicity.
() Your office is to season men with salt of the
heavenly doctrine.
(d) Your doctrine must be very sound and good,
for if it be not so, it shall be nought set by, and cast
away as a thing unsavory and vain.
(e) What shall you have to salt withal? And so are
fools in the Latin tongue called Saltless, as you would
say, men that have no salt, or savor and taste in them.
14 Ye are the (f) light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill, cannot be hid.
(f) You shine and give light, by being made partakers
of the true light.
15 (*) Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth
light unto all that are in the house.
(*) Mark 4:12; Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33 .
16 (*) Let () your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.
(*) 1 Peter 2:12 .
() Because you are seen far of, give good example
of life.
17 (3) Think not that I am come to destroy the
Law, or the Prophets. (*) I am not come to destroy
them, but to (g) fulfill them.
(3) Christ came not to bring any new way of
righteousness and salvation into the world, but to
fulfill that indeed which was shadowed by the figures
of the Law, by delivering men through grace from the
curse of the Law; and moreover to teach the true use
of obedience which the Law appointed, and to grave
in our hearts the force of obedience.
(*) The Gospel is the stablishing, and accomplishing
of the Law.
(g) That the prophecies may be accomplished.
18 (*) For truly I say unto you, Till heaven and
earth perish, one jot or one tittle of the Law shall
not escape, till () all things be fulfilled.
(*) Luke 16:17 .
() The doctrine of the Law containeth nothing
unprofitable or superfluous.
19 (*) (4) Whosoever therefore shall break one of
() these least commandments, and teach men so, he
shall be called the (h) least in the kingdom of heaven;
but whosoever shall observe and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
(*) James 2:10 .
(4) He beginneth with the true expounding of the
Law, and setteth it against the old (but yet false)
glozes of the Scribes; So far is he from abolishing
the least commandment of his Father.
() Whosoever shall transgress the least of the ten
commandments in word and example, he shall be
cast out of the kingdom of God, except it be
pardoned him in Christ.
(h) He shall have no place in the Church.
20 For I say unto you, except your righteousness
(*) exceed the righteousness of the () Scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
(*) Luke 11:39 .
() Which neither expound the Law truly, nor observe
it well.
21 (5) () Ye have heard that it was said unto them
of the old time, (*) Thou shalt not kill; for whosoever
killeth shall be (()) culpable of judgment.
(5) The true meaning of the sixth commandment.
() He sheweth how these worthy doctors have
falsely glozed this commandment.
(*) Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 1:17 .
(()) Or, Subject to punishment.
22 But I say unto you, whosoever is angry with his
brother (*) () unadvisedly, shall be (i) culpable (k)
of judgment. And whosoever saith unto his brother,
(()) Raca, shall be worthy to be punished by the (l)
((())) Council. And whosoever shall say, Fool, shall
be worthy to be punished with (m) hell (n) fire.
(*) Or, without cause.
() For God knowing his secret malice will punish him.
(i) He speaketh of the judgment of God, and of the
difference of signs, and therefore applieth his words
to the form of civil judgments, which were then used.
(k) Of that judgment which was ruled by three men,
who had the hearing and deciding of money matters,
and such other small causes.
(()) Which signifieth in the Syrian's tongue an idle
brain, and is spoken in contempt.
(l) By that judgment which stood of 23 Judges, who
had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs and
matters of life and death; as the highest Judges of all,
were to the number 71, which had the hearing of
most weightiest affairs, as the matter of a whole
tribe or of a high Priest's, or of a false prophet.
((())) Like judgment almost the Romans observed,
for Triumviri had the examination of small matters,
the counsel of 23 of greater causes and finally great
matters of importance were decided by the senate
of 71 judges which here is compared to judgment
of God, or to be punished with hell fire.
(m) Whereas we read here, Hell, it is in the text
itself, Gehenna, which is a Hebrew word made of
two, and is as much to say, as the Valley of Hinnom,
which otherwise the Hebrews called Tophet; it was
a place where the Israelites were went most cruelly
to sacrifice their children to false gods, whereupon it
was taken for a place appointed to torment the
reprobates in Jeremiah 7:31 .
(n) The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before
their government was taken away by Herod; hanging,
beheading, stoning, and burning; this is it that Christ
shot at, because burning was the greatest punishment,
therefore in that he maketh mention of a judgment,
a council, and a fire, he sheweth that some sins are
worse than other sins, but yet they are all such that
we must give account for them, and shall be
punished for them.
23 (6) If then thou bring thy gift to the (o) altar, and
there rememberest that thy brother hath ought
against thee,
(6) The covetous Pharisees taught that God was
appeased by the sacrifices appointed in the Law,
which they themselves devoured. But Christ on the
contrary side denieth that God accepteth any man's
offering, unless he maketh satisfaction to his brother
whom he hath offended; and saith moreover, that
these stubborn and stiff necked despisers of their
brethren, shall never escape the wrath and curse of
God, before they have made full satisfaction to their
brethren.
(o) He applieth all this speech to the state of his time,
when as there was an altar standing in Jerusalem, and
therefore they are very foolish, that gather hereupon,
that we must build altars, and use sacrifices; but they
are more fools, which draw that to purgatory, which
is spoken of peace making and atonement one with
another.
24 Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go
thy way; first be (*) reconciled to thy brother, and
then come and offer thy gift.
(*) For that thou hast offended him, or he hath
offended thee; for God preserveth brotherly
reconciliation to sacrifice.
25 (*) (p) Agree with thine adversary quickly,
whiles thou art in the way with him, lest the adversary
deliver thee to the Judge, and the Judge deliver thee
to the Sergeant, and thou be cast into prison.
(*) Luke 12:58 .
(p) Cut off all cause of enmity.
26 Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out
thence, till thou hast (q) paid the utmost farthing.
(q) Thou shalt be dealt withal to the utmost
extremity.
27 ¶ (7) Ye have heard that it was said to them of
old time, (*) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
(7) He is taken for an adulterer before God,
whatsoever he be, that coveteth a woman; and
therefore we must keep our eyes chaste, and all the
members we have, yea, and we must eschew all
occasions which might move us to evil, how dear
forever it costs us.
(*) Exodus 20:14; Romans 13:9 .
28 But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on
a woman to lust after her, hath committed (*)
adultery with her already in his heart.
(*) Chastity is required both in body and mind.
29 (*) Wherefore if thy (r) () right eye cause thee
(s) to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for
better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish,
(()) than that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
(*) Matthew 18:8-9; Mark 9:47 .
(r) He nameth the right eye and the right hand,
because the parts of the right side of our body are
the chiefest, and readiest to commit any wickedness.
() Nothing is so precious which ought not to be
rejected in respect of the glory of God.
(s) Word for word, do cause thee to offend; for
sins are stumbling blocks as it were, that is to say,
rocks which we are cast upon
(()) Or, and not that.
30 Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut
it off, and cast it from thee; for better it is for thee,
that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole
body should be cast into hell.
31 It hath been said also, (*) Whosoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her a testimonial of
divorcement.
(*) Matthew 19:7; Deuteronomy 24:1; Mark 10:4;
Luke 16:13; 1 Corinthians 7:12 .
32 But I say unto you, whosoever shall put away
his wife (except it be for fornication) (*) causeth her
to commit adultery; and whosoever shall marry her
that is divorced, committeth adultery.
(*) In that he giveth her leave to marry another by
that testimonial.
33 (8) Again, ye have heard that it was said to them
of old time, (*) Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but
shalt perform thine oaths to the Lord.
(8) The meaning of the third commandment against
the froward opinion and judgment of the Scribes,
which excused by oaths or indirect forms of swearing.
(*) Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 19:12; Deuteronomy 5:11 .
34 But I say unto you, (*) Swear not at all, neither
by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
(*) All superfluous oaths are utterly debarred,
whether the Name of God be mentioned, or
otherwise.
35 Nor yet by the earth, for it is his footstool;
neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great
King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because
thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 (*) But let your communication be (t) () Yea, yea;
Nay, nay. For whatsoever is more than these, cometh
of (u) (()) evil.
(*) James 5:12 .
(t) Whatever you vouch, vouch it barely, and
whatever you deny, deny it barely without any more
words.
() Let simplicity and truth be in your words, and
then ye shall not be so light, and ready to swear.
(u) From an evil conscience, or from the devil.
(()) When a man speaketh otherwise than he
thinketh in heart, it cometh of an evil conscience,
and of the devil.
38 ¶ (9) Ye have heard that it hath been said, An
(*) () eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
(9) He sheweth clean contrary to the doctrine of
the Scribes, that the sum of the second table must
be understood, that we may in no wise render evil
for evil, but rather suffer double injury, and do well
to them that are our deadly enemies.
(*) Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21 .
() Albeit this was spoken for the judges, yet every
man applied it to revenge his private quarrel.
39 But I say unto you, (*) Resist not () evil; but
whosoever (()) shall smite thee on thy right cheek,
turn to him the other also.
(*) Luke 6:29; Romans 12:17; 1 Corinthians 6:7 . 21
() Or, injury.
(()) Rather receive double wrong, than revenge
thine own griefs.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and
take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever will compel thee to go a mile,
go with him twain.
42 (*) Give to him that asketh, and from him that
would borrow of thee, turn not away.
(*) Deuteronomy 15:8 .
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, (*) Thou
shalt love thy neighbor, and () hate thine enemy.
(*) Leviticus 19:18 .
() This was added by the false expositors the
Pharisees.
44 But I say unto you, (*) Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate
you, () and pray for them which (()) hurt you, and
persecute you,
(*) Luke 6:27 .
() Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60; 1 Corinthians 4:13 .
(()) Or, rush in upon you.
45 (10) (*) That ye may be the children of your
Father that is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to
arise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on
the just and unjust.
(10) A double reason; the one is taken of relatives,
that children must be like their father; the other is
taken of comparison, The children of God must be
better, than the children of this world.
(*) Luke 6:35 .
46 For if ye love them, which love you, what
reward shall you have? Do not the (*) Publicans
even the same?
(*) These did take to farm the taxes, tolls, and
other payments, and therefore were greatly in
disdain with all men.
47 And if ye (*) be friendly to your brethren only,
what singular thing do ye? Do not even the (x)
Publicans likewise?
(*) Or, embrace.
(x) They that were the toll masters, and had the
oversight of tributes and customs; a kind of men
that the Jews hated to death, both because they
served the Romans in these offices, (whose yokefull
bondage they could hardly away withal) and also
because these toll masters are for the most part
given to covetousness.
48 Ye shall therefore be (*) perfect, as your Father
which is in heaven, is perfect.
(*) We must labor to attain unto the perfection of God,
who of his free liberality, doeth good to them that are
unworthy.
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