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1 Pazite da pravdu svoju ne činite pred ljudima da vas oni vide; inače platu nemate od Oca svog koji je na nebesima.

2 Kad dakle daješ milostinju, ne trubi pred sobom, kao što čine licemeri po zbornicama i po ulicama da ih hvale ljudi. Zaista vam kažem: primili su platu svoju.

3 A ti kad činiš milostinju, da ne zna levica tvoja šta čini desnica tvoja.

4 Tako da bude milostinja tvoja tajna; i Otac tvoj koji vidi tajno, platiće tebi javno.

5 I kad se moliš Bogu, ne budi kao licemeri, koji rado po zbornicama i na raskršću po ulicama stoje i mole se da ih vide ljudi. Zaista vam kažem da su primili platu svoju.

6 A ti kad se moliš, uđi u klet svoju, i zatvorivši vrata svoja, pomoli se Ocu svom koji je u tajnosti; i Otac tvoj koji vidi tajno, platiće tebi javno.

7 A kad se molite, ne govorite mnogo ko neznabošci; jer oni misle da će za mnoge reči svoje biti uslišeni.

8 Vi dakle ne budite kao oni; jer zna Otac vaš šta vam treba pre molitve vaše;

9 Ovako dakle molite se vi: Oče naš koji si na nebesima, da se sveti ime Tvoje;

10 Da dođe carstvo Tvoje; da bude volja Tvoja i na zemlji kao na nebu;

11 Hleb naš potrebni daj nam danas;

12 I oprosti nam dugove naše kao i mi što opraštamo dužnicima svojim;

13 I ne navedi nas u napast; no izbavi nas oda zla. Jer je Tvoje carstvo, i sila, i slava va vek. Amin.

14 Jer ako opraštate ljudima grehe njihove, oprostiće i vama Otac vaš nebeski.

15 Ako li ne opraštate ljudima grehe njihove, ni Otac vaš neće oprostiti vama grehe vaše.

16 A kad postite, ne budite žalosni kao licemeri; jer oni načine bleda lica svoja da ih vide ljudi gde poste. Zaista vam kažem da su primili platu svoju.

17 A ti kad postiš, namaži glavu svoju, i lice svoje umij,

18 Da te ne vide ljudi gde postiš, nego Otac tvoj koji je u tajnosti; i Otac tvoj koji vidi tajno, platiće tebi javno.

19 Ne sabirajte sebi blago na zemlji, gde moljac i rđa kvari, i gde lupeži potkopavaju i kradu;

20 Nego sabirajte sebi blago na nebu, gde ni moljac ni rđa ne kvari, i gde lupeži ne potkopavaju i ne kradu.

21 Jer gde je vaše blago, onde će biti i srce vaše.

22 Sveća je telu oko. Ako dakle bude oko tvoje zdravo, sve će telo tvoje svetlo biti.

23 Ako li oko tvoje kvarno bude, sve će telo tvoje tamno biti. Ako je dakle videlo što je u tebi tama, a kamoli tama?

24 Niko ne može dva gospodara služiti: jer ili će na jednog mrzeti, a drugog ljubiti; ili jednom voleti, a za drugog ne mariti. Ne možete Bogu služiti i mamoni.

25 Zato vam kažem: ne brinite se za život svoj, šta ćete jesti, ili šta ćete piti; ni za telo svoje, u šta ćete se obući. Nije li život pretežniji od hrane, i telo od odela?

26 Pogledajte na ptice nebeske kako ne seju, niti žnju, ni sabiraju u žitnice; pa Otac vaš nebeski hrani ih. Niste li vi mnogo pretežniji od njih?

27 A ko od vas brinući se može primaknuti rastu svom lakat jedan?

28 I za odelo što se brinete? Pogledajte na ljiljane u polju kako rastu; ne trude se niti predu.

29 Ali ja vam kažem da ni Solomun u svoj svojoj slavi ne obuče se kao jedan od njih.

30 A kad travu u polju, koja danas jeste, a sutra se u pećbaca, Bog tako odeva, a kamoli vas, maloverni?

31 Ne brinite se dakle govoreći: Šta ćemo jesti, ili, šta ćemo piti, ili, čim ćemo se odenuti?

32 Jer sve ovo neznabošci ištu; a zna i Otac vaš nebeski da vama treba sve ovo.

33 Nego ištite najpre carstvo Božje, i pravdu Njegovu, i ovo će vam se sve dodati.

34 Ne brinite se dakle za sutra; jer sutra brinuće se za se. Dosta je svakom danu zla svog.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 48

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48. And in the kingdom, signifies in the church where truths are. This is evident from the signification of "kingdom" in the Word, as being heaven and the church. It means the church in respect to truth, or where truths are, because by the royalty of the Lord is signified Divine truth proceeding from Him, and therefore by "kings" are signified truths (See what is shown above, n. 31). It is said the church in respect to truth, by which is meant the church in respect to truths from good; and for the reason that there are no truths without good, for truths have their life from good. Truths with a man who is not in good are indeed truths in themselves, but they are not truths in him (as may be seen abundantly shown in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, 11-27).

[2] That "kingdom" in the Word signifies heaven and the church in respect to truths, is evident from many passages in the Word, some of which I will cite.

Thus in Matthew:

The sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness (Matthew 8:12);

the "sons of the kingdom" here are those of the church where truths do not prevail, but falsities.

In the same:

He that heareth the Word of the kingdom, and giveth not heed to it, the evil one cometh, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the wayside. The field is the world; the seed are the sons of the kingdom (Matthew 13:19, 38).

"To hear the Word of the kingdom" is to hear the truths of the church; and because "seed" signifies truths, they who receive truths are called "sons of the kingdom." (That "seed" is the truth of the church, see Arcana Coelestia 3038, 3373, 3671, 10248, 10249.)

In the same:

Therefore the kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth fruit (Matthew 21:43).

It is evident that "the kingdom of God" here signifies the church in respect to truths, thus also the truths of the church, from its being said that "it should be taken away from them, and given to a nation bringing forth fruit;" "fruit" is good.

Again in the same:

In the consummation of the age, nation shall be stirred up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom (24:[3], 7).

The consummation of the age" is the last time of the church, "nation against nation" is evil against good, and "kingdom against kingdom" is falsity against truth. (That "nation" is the good of the church, and in the opposite sense the evil there, see Arcana Coelestia 1059, 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849, 6005)

[3] From this it is plain what is meant by "kingdom" in the Lord's prayer:

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so also upon the earth. Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory (Matthew 6:10, 13).

"Thy kingdom come" is a prayer that truth may be received; "Thy will be done," that it may be received by those who do God's will; "Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory," means Divine truth from God alone; it is also said "power and glory," because Divine truth has all power and glory (See above, n. 33). From all this it can be seen what "the kingdom of God" signifies in very many passages in the Word, namely, the church in respect to truths, and also heaven, and in the highest sense the Lord in respect to the Divine Human. "Kingdom," in the highest sense, signifies the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, because from Him all Divine truth proceeds; and "kingdom" signifies heaven, because heaven with the angels is from no other source than from the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord's Divine Human (See in the work on Heaven and Hell 7-12, 78-86, 126-140).

  
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