Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section X.

[1] [Arabic, p. 38] ^{Edition note 1}No man can serve two masters; and that because it is necessary that he hate one of them and love the other, and honour one of them and despise the [2] other. ^{Edition note 2}Ye cannot serve God and possessions. And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves,^{Edition note 3} what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink; neither for your bodies, what ye shall put on. Is not the life better than the food, and the body [3] than the raiment? ^{Edition note 4}Consider the birds of the heaven, which sow not, nor reap, nor store in barns; and yet your Father which is in heaven feedeth them.

Are not ye [4] better than they? ^{Edition note 5}Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one [5] cubit? ^{Edition note 6}If then ye are not able for a small thing, why are ye anxious about the [6, 7] rest? ^{Edition note 7}Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins; ^{Edition note 8}and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of [8] them. ^{Edition note 9}And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow [9] is cast^{Edition note 10} into the oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith! ^{Edition note 11}Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat?

or, What shall we drink? or, With [10] what shall we be clothed? ^{Edition note 12}Neither let your minds be perplexed in this: ^{Edition note 13}all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth [11] your need of all these things. ^{Edition note 14}Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; [12] [Arabic, p. 39] and all these shall come to you as something additional for you. ^{Edition note 15}Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it. Sufficient unto the day is its evil.

[13] ^{Edition note 16}Judge not, that ye be not judged: ^{Edition note 17}condemn^{Edition note 18} not, that ye be not condemned: [14] ^{Edition note 19}forgive, and it shall be forgiven you: release, and ye shall be released: give, that ye may be given unto; with good measure, abundant, full, they shall thrust^{Edition note 20} into your [15] bosoms. ^{Edition note 21}With what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you. See to it what ye hear: with what measure ye measure it shall be measured to you; and ye [16] shall be given more. ^{Edition note 22}I say unto those that hear, He that hath shall be given unto; and he that hath not, that which he regards^{Edition note 23} as his shall be taken from him.

[17] ^{Edition note 24}And he spake unto them a parable, Can a blind man haply guide a blind man? [18] shall^{Edition note 25} they not both fall into a hollow? ^{Edition note 26}A disciple is not better than his master; [19] every perfect man shall be as his master. ^{Edition note 27}Why lookest thou at the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but considerest not the column that is in thine own eye? [20] ^{Edition note 28}Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, I will take out the mote from thine eye; and the column which is in thine eye thou seest not? Thou hypocrite, take out first the column from thine eye; and then shalt thou see to take out the mote from the eye of thy brother.

[21] ^{Edition note 29}Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and return and wound you.

[22] ^{Edition note 30}And he said unto them, Who of you, that hath a friend, goeth to him at midnight, [23] and saith unto him, My friend, lend me three loaves; ^{Edition note 31}for a friend hath come [24] to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him: ^{Edition note 32}and that friend shall [Arabic, p. 40] answer him from within, and say unto him, Trouble me not; for the door is shut, and my children are with me in bed, and I cannot rise and give thee? [25] ^{Edition note 33}And verily I say unto you, If he will not give him because of friendship, yet because [26] of his importunity he will rise and give him what he seeketh. ^{Edition note 34}And I also say unto you, Ask, and ye shall be given unto; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be [27] opened unto you. ^{Edition note 35}Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and [28] he that knocketh, it shall be opened to him. ^{Edition note 36}What father of you, shall his son ask for bread—will he, think you, give him a stone? ^{Edition note 37}and if he ask of him a fish, will he, [29] think you, ^{Edition note 38}instead of the fish give him a serpent?

and if he ask him for an egg, will [30] he, think you, extend to him a scorpion? ^{Edition note 39}If ye then, although being evil, know the gifts which are good, and give them to your children, how much more shall your [31] Father which is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? ^{Edition note 40}Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: this is the law and the prophets.

[32] ^{Edition note 41}Enter^{Edition note 42} ye by the narrow gate; for the wide gate and the broad way lead to destruction, [33] and many they be which go therein. ^{Edition note 43}How narrow is the gate and straitened the way leading to life! and few be they that find it.

[34] ^{Edition note 44}Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s^{Edition note 45} clothing, while within [35] they are ravening wolves. ^{Edition note 46}But by their fruits ye shall know them. ^{Edition note 47}For every tree is known by its fruit. For figs are not gathered^{Edition note 48} of thorns, neither are grapes plucked of [36] briers. ^{Edition note 49}Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but the evil tree bringeth [37] [Arabic, p. 41] forth evil fruit. ^{Edition note 50}The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the [38] evil tree bring forth good fruit. ^{Edition note 51}The good man from the good treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the evil man from the evil treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth evil things: and from the overflowings of the [39] heart the lips speak. ^{Edition note 52}Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast [40, 41] into the fire. ^{Edition note 53}Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. ^{Edition note 54}Not all that say unto me, My Lord, my Lord, shall enter the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth [42] the will of my Father which is in heaven. ^{Edition note 55}Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out [43] devils, and in thy name do many powers? ^{Edition note 56}Then shall I say unto them, I never [44] knew you: depart from me, ye servants of iniquity. ^{Edition note 57}Every man that cometh unto [45] me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to what he is like: ^{Edition note 58}he is like the wise man which built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the [46] foundations on a rock: ^{Edition note 59}and the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and it fell not: for its foundation was laid on [47] rocks. ^{Edition note 60}And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like [48] the foolish man which built his house on sand, without foundation: ^{Edition note 61}and the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house, and it fell: and the fall of it was great.