him a stone? (10)And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
(11)If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good
things to those who ask him? (12)Therefore all things whatever ye
would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is
the law and the prophets.

(13)Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and
broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in
thereat. (14)[7:14]Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way,
that leads to life, and few are they who find it.

(15)Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but
inwardly are ravening wolves.

(16)Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from
thorns, or figs from thistles? (17)So every good tree brings forth
good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. (18)A good
tree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. (19)Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut
down, and cast into the fire. (20)So then, from their fruits ye shall
know them.

(21)Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. (22)Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name
do many miracles? (23)And then will I profess to them, I never knew
you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

(24)Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine[7:24], and
does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the
rock. (25)And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds
blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been
founded on the rock. (26)And every one who hears these sayings of
mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built
his house on the sand. (27)And the rain descended, and the streams
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and
great was the fall of it.

(28)And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the
multitudes were astonished at his teaching. (29)For he taught them as
having authority, and not as the scribes.

VIII.

WHEN he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed
him. (2)And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying:
Lord, if thou wilt,