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1 At pagkakita sa mga karamihan, ay umahon siya sa bundok: at pagkaupo niya, ay nagsilapit sa kaniya ang kaniyang mga alagad:

2 At binuka niya ang kaniyang bibig at tinuruan sila, na sinasabi,

3 Mapapalad ang mga mapagpakumbabang-loob: sapagka't kanila ang kaharian ng langit.

4 Mapapalad ang nangahahapis: sapagka't sila'y aaliwin.

5 Mapapalad ang maaamo: sapagka't mamanahin nila ang lupa.

6 Mapapalad ang nangagugutom at nangauuhaw sa katuwiran: sapagka't sila'y bubusugin.

7 Mapapalad ang mga mahabagin: sapagka't sila'y kahahabagan.

8 Mapapalad ang mga may malinis na puso: sapagka't makikita nila ang Dios.

9 Mapapalad ang mga mapagpayapa: sapagka't sila'y tatawaging mga anak ng Dios.

10 Mapapalad ang mga pinaguusig dahil sa katuwiran: sapagka't kanila ang kaharian ng langit.

11 Mapapalad kayo pagka kayo'y inaalimura, at kayo'y pinaguusig, at kayo'y pinagwiwikaan ng sarisaring masama na pawang kasinungalingan, dahil sa akin.

12 Mangagalak kayo, at mangagsayang totoo: sapagka't malaki ang ganti sa inyo sa langit: sapagka't gayon din ang kanilang pagkausig sa mga propeta na nangauna sa inyo.

13 Kayo ang asin ng lupa: nguni't kung ang asin ay tumabang, ay ano ang ipagpapaalat? wala nang ano pa mang kabuluhan, kundi upang itapon sa labas at yurakan ng mga tao.

14 Kayo ang ilaw ng sanglibutan. Ang isang bayan na natatayo sa ibabaw ng isang bundok ay hindi maitatago.

15 Hindi rin nga pinaniningasan ang isang ilawan, at inilalagay sa ilalim ng isang takalan, kundi sa talagang lalagyan ng ilaw; at lumiliwanag sa lahat ng nangasa bahay.

16 Lumiwanag na gayon ang inyong ilaw sa harap ng mga tao; upang mangakita nila ang inyong mabubuting gawa, at kanilang luwalhatiin ang inyong Ama na nasa langit.

17 Huwag ninyong isiping ako'y naparito upang sirain ang kautusan o ang mga propeta: ako'y naparito hindi upang sirain, kundi upang ganapin.

18 Sapagka't katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, Hanggang sa mangawala ang langit at ang lupa, ang isang tuldok o isang kudlit, sa anomang paraan ay hindi mawawala sa kautusan, hanggang sa maganap ang lahat ng mga bagay.

19 Kaya't ang sinomang sumuway sa isa sa kaliitliitang mga utos na ito, at ituro ang gayon sa mga tao, ay tatawaging kaliitliitan sa kaharian ng langit: datapuwa't ang sinomang gumanap at ituro, ito'y tatawaging dakila sa kaharian ng langit.

20 Sapagka't sinasabi ko sa inyo, na kung hindi hihigit ang inyong katuwiran sa katuwiran ng mga eskriba at mga Fariseo, sa anomang paraan ay hindi kayo magsisipasok sa kaharian ng langit.

21 Narinig ninyo na sinabi sa mga tao sa una, Huwag kang papatay; at ang sinomang pumatay ay mapapasa panganib sa kahatulan:

22 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko sa inyo, na ang bawa't mapoot sa kaniyang kapatid ay mapapasa panganib sa kahatulan; at ang sinomang magsabi sa kaniyang kapatid, Raca, ay mapapasa panganib sa Sanedrin; at ang sinomang magsabi, Ulol ka, ay mapapasa panganib sa impierno ng apoy.

23 Kaya't kung inihahandog mo ang iyong hain sa dambana, at doo'y maalaala mo na ang iyong kapatid ay mayroong anomang laban sa iyo,

24 Iwan mo roon sa harap ng dambana ang hain mo, at yumaon ka ng iyong lakad, makipagkasundo ka muna sa iyong kapatid, at kung magkagayon ay magbalik ka at ihandog mo ang iyong hain.

25 Makipagkasundo ka agad sa iyong kaalit, samantalang ikaw ay kasama niya sa daan; baka ibigay ka ng kaalit mo sa hukom, at ibigay ka ng hukom sa punong kawal, at ipasok ka sa bilangguan.

26 Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa iyo, Hindi ka aalis doon sa anomang paraan, hanggang hindi mo mapagbayaran ang katapustapusang beles.

27 Narinig ninyong sinabi, Huwag kang mangangalunya:

28 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko sa inyo, na ang bawa't tumingin sa isang babae na taglay ang masamang hangad ay nagkakasala, na ng pangangalunya sa kaniyang puso.

29 At kung ang kanan mong mata ay nakapagpapatisod sa iyo, ay dukitin mo, at iyong itapon: sapagka't may mapapakinabang ka pa na mawala ang isa sa mga sangkap ng iyong katawan, at huwag ang buong katawan mo ay mabulid sa impierno.

30 At kung ang kanan mong kamay ay nakapagpapatisod sa iyo, ay putulin mo, at iyong itapon: sapagka't may mapapakinabang ka pa na mawala ang isa sa mga sangkap ng iyong katawan, at huwag ang buong katawan mo ay mapasa impierno.

31 Sinabi rin naman, Ang sinomang lalake na ihiwalay na ang kaniyang asawa, ay bigyan niya siya ng kasulatan ng paghihiwalay:

32 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko sa inyo, na ang sinomang lalake na ihiwalay ang kaniyang asawa, liban na lamang kung sa pakikiapid ang dahil, ay siya ang sa kaniya'y nagbibigay kadahilanan ng pangangalunya: at ang sinomang magasawa sa kaniya kung naihiwalay na siya ay nagkakasala ng pangangalunya.

33 Bukod sa rito'y inyong narinig na sinabi sa mga tao sa una, Huwag kang manunumpa ng di katotohanan, kundi tutupdin mo sa Panginoon ang iyong mga sumpa:

34 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko sa inyo, Huwag ninyong ipanumpa ang anoman; kahit ang langit, sapagka't siyang luklukan ng Dios;

35 Kahit ang lupa, sapagka't siyang tungtungan ng kaniyang mga paa; kahit ang Jerusalem, sapagka't siyang bayan ng dakilang Hari.

36 Kahit man ang ulo mo ay huwag mong ipanumpa, sapagka't hindi ka makagagawa ng isang buhok na maputi o maitim.

37 Datapuwa't ang magiging pananalita ninyo'y, Oo, oo; Hindi, hindi; sapagka't ang humigit pa rito ay buhat sa masama.

38 Narinig ninyong sinabi, Mata sa mata, at ngipin sa ngipin:

39 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko sa inyo, Huwag kayong makilaban sa masamang tao: kundi sa sinomang sa iyo'y sumampal sa kanan mong pisngi, iharap mo naman sa kaniya ang kabila.

40 At sa magibig na ikaw ay ipagsakdal, at kunin sa iyo ang iyong tunika, ay iwan mo rin naman sa kaniya ang iyong balabal.

41 At sa sinomang pipilit sa iyo na ikaw ay lumakad ng isang milya, ay lumakad ka ng dalawang milya na kasama niya.

42 Bigyan mo ang sa iyo'y humihingi, at huwag mong talikdan ang sa iyo'y nangungutang.

43 Narinig ninyong sinabi, Iibigin mo ang iyong kapuwa, at kapopootan mo ang iyong kaaway:

44 Datapuwa't sinasabi ko sa inyo, Ibigin ninyo ang inyong mga kaaway, at idalangin ninyo ang sa inyo'y nagsisiusig;

45 Upang kayo'y maging mga anak ng inyong Ama na nasa langit: sapagka't pinasisikat niya ang kaniyang araw sa masasama at sa mabubuti, at nagpapaulan sa mga ganap at sa mga hindi ganap.

46 Sapagka't kung kayo'y iibig sa nangagsisiibig lamang sa inyo, ano ang ganti na inyong kakamtin? hindi baga gayon din ang ginagawa ng mga maniningil ng buwis?

47 At kung ang mga kapatid lamang ninyo ang inyong babatiin, ano ang kalabisan ng inyong ginagawa? hindi baga gayon din ang ginagawa ng mga Gentil?

48 Kayo nga'y mangagpakasakdal, na gaya ng inyong Ama sa kalangitan na sakdal.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10239

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10239. 'And Aaron and his sons shall wash in it' means a representative sign of the purification and regeneration of a person by the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purification, dealt with above in 10237; from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Celestial Good, dealt with in 9806, 10068; and from the representation of 'Aaron's sons' as the Lord in respect of Divine Spiritual Good, dealt with in 9807, 10068. From these places it is evident that 'Aaron and his sons shall wash in it' means a representative sign of the purification of a person by the Lord. The reason why a representative sign of regeneration as well is meant is that regeneration as well was represented by washing, that is to say, washing the whole body, which was called baptizing. And baptizing or baptism is the sign of regeneration, see 4255, 9088.

[2] But regeneration is different from purification in that regeneration comes first and purification afterwards. None can be purified from evils and falsities except those who are undergoing regeneration and after they have been regenerated. One who has not been regenerated is, it is true, led away from evils so far as he allows, but he is not purified from them; he is all the time impure. The person who has been regenerated is different; day by day he is being made purer. This is how the Lord's words addressed to Peter should be understood,

He who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, so that the whole person is clean. John 13:10.

'He who has been washed' means one who has been regenerated.

[3] The fact that the word 'baptizing' was used to denote the total washing of things is clear in Mark 7:4 1 , and to denote washing the whole body, in Matthew 3:13-16; Mark 1:9-10; and also 2 Kings 5:10, 14. The Jordan - in which washings, which were baptizings, took place, Matthew 3:6, 13; Mark 1:5; 2 Kings 5:10, 14 - meant the natural, 1585, 4255. Baptismal washing also means temptation, Matthew 20:22-23; it does so because all regeneration is accomplished by means of temptations, 5036, 5773, 8351, 8958, 8959ff.

[4] It must also be stated briefly here why it was that the Lord, when He was in the world, was Himself willing to be baptized, when yet baptism is the sign of a person's regeneration by Him. The reason was that the baptizing of the Lord Himself was a sign of the glorification of His Humanity. Anything in the Word that means a person's regeneration also means the glorification of the Human within the Lord; for a person's regeneration is an image of the Lord's glorification, 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402, 5688. This is why the Lord, when He allowed John to baptize Him, said,

Thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all the righteousness of God 2 . Matthew 3:15.

'Fulfilling all the righteousness of God' means subduing the hells, restoring them and the heavens to order, by His own power, and at the same time glorifying His Human. All this was accomplished by means of the temptations which the Lord allowed Himself to undergo, thus by means of the conflicts with the hells which He underwent repeatedly, even to the last on the Cross. These things constituted the righteousness which the Lord fulfilled, see 9486, 9715, 9809, 10019, 10152. The like is also meant by references to the fulfillment of all things written in the Law and the Prophets concerning the Lord, Luke 18:31; 22:37; 24:44, and by the Lord's declaration that He had come to fulfill all of the law, Matthew 5:17-18.

[5] A person unacquainted with the arcana within the Word thinks that the Lord became righteousness through His fulfillment of everything in the law, and that by this fulfillment He freed the human race from the yoke of the law, and so from damnation. But that is not what these words mean. Rather their meaning is that He became righteousness through His subduing of the hells, restoration of the heavens to order, and glorification of His Human. For by this glorification He filled Himself with power, in order that by His Divine Human He could keep the hells in subjection forever, maintain the heavens in order, and so regenerate a person, that is, deliver him from the hells and save him.

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1. i.e. the Greek verb used in that verse is baptizein, which implies total immersion in water.

2. Here Swedenborg is following the Latin version of Sebastian Schmidt. There is nothing in the Greek to support the addition of God.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9807

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9807. 'And his sons' means Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704, at this point Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, since they were Aaron's sons and Aaron as the high priest represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good, as shown immediately above. Truths are meant by 'sons' because everything in the internal sense of the Word is spiritual, and 'sons' in the spiritual sense are those who are born anew from the Lord, thus are in possession of truths springing from good, so that in the abstract sense - when the persons are not envisaged - 'sons' are the actual truths which spring from good. These truths therefore are what should be understood in the Word by 'the sons of God', 'the king's sons', and 'the sons of the kingdom'. They are also the sons of new birth or regeneration. Furthermore the truths and forms of good present with the person who has been regenerated or born anew from the Lord are exactly like families in wide and long lines of descent from the one same father. There are those which resemble sons and daughters, those which resemble grandsons and granddaughters, those which resemble sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, and so relationships belonging to many degrees, thus to many kinds. Truths and forms of good arranged like this are what sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, in short, relatives belonging to different degrees and therefore different kinds, denote in the spiritual sense. I have been shown by actual experience that spiritual generations follow one another in that kind of order. And at the same time I have been told that this being so the truths and forms of good with a person who has been regenerated follow in that kind of order, since the angelic communities in heaven are arranged in that way and the truths and forms of good present with a person correspond to those communities. Therefore also the person whose truths and forms of good possess that kind of correspondence is heaven in the smallest form it takes, 9279.

[2] Anyone who knows that truths are meant by 'sons' and forms of good by 'daughters' can see many arcana in the Word, especially the prophetical part, which would otherwise lie hidden from view. For example he can see what is meant specifically by the Son of Man, which the Lord often calls Himself in the Word, namely Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Human, as is clear from the places where that title appears. Let these be quoted, in order that at the same time it may be established that 'the Son' means truth, as in John,

The crowd said to Jesus, Why do you say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? Jesus answered them, The light is with you for a brief while longer. Walk, as long as you have the light, lest the darkness overtakes you. As long as you have the light believe in the light, that you may be sons of the light. John 12:34-36.

From these words it is evident that 'the Son of Man' has the same meaning as 'the light'; for when the crowd asked, 'Who is this Son of Man?' the Lord answered that He was 'the light' in which they should believe. 'The light' means Divine Truth, see the places referred to in 9548, 9684, and so therefore does 'the Son of Man'.

[3] In Luke,

Blessed are you when people will hate you on account of the Son of Man. Luke 6:22.

'On account of the Son of Man' is on account of Divine Truth, which emanates from the Lord. Divine Truth constitutes the all of faith in and love to the Lord; and 'being hated' on account of these is blessedness. In the same gospel,

The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see. Then they will say to you, Behold here! or Behold there! Do not go away or go in search. Luke 17:22-23.

'Desiring to see one of the days of the Son of Man' means desiring to see one of the states of truth that is authentically God's. The subject here is the end of the Church, when no faith exists any longer because there is no charity, at which time every truth that is genuinely God's is going to perish. And since God's truth is meant by 'the Son of Man' it says, 'Then they will say, Behold here! or Behold there! Do not go in search', which may be said of God's truth emanating from the Lord, but not of the Lord Himself.

[4] In the same gospel,

When the Son of Man comes will He find faith on the earth? Luke 18:8.

That is, when God's truth is revealed from heaven there will be no belief in it. Here also 'the Son of Man' is the Lord in respect of God's truth, or God's truth emanating from the Lord, the Lord's coming being the revelation of God's truth at the end of the Church.

[5] In Matthew,

As the lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then the sign will appear, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. Matthew 24:27, 30.

'The coming of the Son of Man' stands for the revelation of God's truth at the close of the age, that is, at the end of the Church. 'All the tribes of the earth' who will mourn then are all the truths and forms of the good of faith and love in their entirety that are derived from the Lord and so are offered to the Lord. 'The clouds of heaven' in which He is going to come are the literal sense of the Word, 'power and glory' being the internal sense, the subject of which at its inmost level is the Lord alone. For further explanation of these matters, see 4060.

[6] Something similar occurs elsewhere in the same gospel,

I say to you, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man seated on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64.

And in Luke,

Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

'The Son of Man' stands for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. 'Sitting at the right hand of power' stands for the reality that in Him there is almighty power; for Divine Good exercises its almighty power through Divine Truth. The declaration that 'hereafter they would see this' means that Divine Truth would be in its almighty power, when the Lord in the world had overcome the hells and restored to order everything there and in the heavens, as a result of which those who received Him in faith and love could be saved, see 9715.

'Sitting at the right hand' means almighty power, see 3387, 4592, 4933 (end), 7518, 8281, 9133.

All the power good possesses is exercised through truth, 6344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643.

Actual Divine power consists in Divine Truth, 6948.

'The clouds' in which the Son of Man, that is, Divine Truth, will come are the Word in the letter, Preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781; and 'the glory' is Divine Truth itself as it exists in the internal sense of the Word, Preface to Genesis 18, and 4809, 5922, 8267, 9429.

[7] All this now makes clear what the following words in the Book of Revelation mean,

I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one was sitting, like the Son of Man, having on His head a crown of gold. Revelation 14:14.

And in Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man came. Daniel 7:13.

In John,

The Father has given Him [authority] to execute judgement also, because He is the Son of Man. John 5:27.

The basis on which all judgement is executed is truth, and this explains why it says that [authority] to execute judgement has been given to the Lord because He is the Son of Man. 'The Son of Man', as has been stated, is Divine Truth; 'the Father' from whom that Truth springs is Divine Good, 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328, 8897. The fact that 'executing judgement' rests with Divine Truth explains why it says that when the Son of Man comes He will sit on the throne of His glory, Matthew 19:28; 25:31, and that the Son of Man will repay everyone according to his deeds, Matthew 16:27.

[8] In Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of the evil one. Matthew 13:37-38.

'The good seed' is God's truth, therefore it says that 'the Son of Man' sows it. 'The sons of the kingdom' are God's truths in heaven and in the Church. For 'son' means truth, 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and in the contrary sense falsity, which is also meant by 'son of the evil one'; and 'the kingdom' means heaven, and also the Church.

[9] In John,

No one has gone up into heaven except Him who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in the heavens. John 3:13.

From these words it is evident that 'the Son of Man' means Divine Truth present in the heavens. This Truth comes down from there and then goes up, for no one can go up into heaven unless Divine Truth has come down into Him from heaven; the flow starts from God, not from the opposite direction. And since the Lord is that Truth He calls Himself 'the Son of Man who is in the heavens'. In Matthew,

The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. Matthew 8:20.

'The Son of Man' stands for Divine Truth; 'having nowhere to lay His head' stands for the fact that at that time there was no place for Him anywhere, that is, with any person.

[10] The declarations that the Son of Man is about to suffer and will be killed, in Matthew 17:12, 22; 20:18; 26:2, 24, 45; Mark 8:31; 9:12, 31; and elsewhere, imply that this was how Divine Truth was treated, and therefore how the Lord was treated since He was Divine Truth itself, as He also says in John, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. John 14:6.

In Jeremiah,

No man (vir) will dwell there, nor will any son of man stay in it. Jeremiah 49:18, 33.

And in the same prophet,

Not a man (vir) will dwell in the cities, nor will any son of man pass through them. Jeremiah 51:43.

Anyone who has no knowledge of the spiritual sense of the Word will suppose that 'the cities' here is used to mean cities, and 'a man' and 'son of man' to mean a man and a son, and that the cities would be made so desolate that no one would be there. But it is the state of the Church so far as the teaching of truth is concerned that is being described. For 'cities' are the doctrinal teachings of the Church, see 402, 2449, 3216, 4492, 4493; 'a man' is the Church's truth itself joined to good, 3134, 7716, 9007, 'son of man' accordingly meaning truth.

[11] Since 'son of man' meant Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, the prophets too through whom it was revealed were called sons of man, as Daniel and Ezekiel were - Daniel 8:17; Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3-4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 8:5-6, 8, 12, 15; 12:2-3, 9, 18, 22, 27; and in many other places.

[12] The majority of expressions in the Word have also a contrary sense, and this applies equally to the meaning of the expression son of man, which in that contrary sense is falsity opposed to truth, as in Isaiah,

What are you that you are afraid of man (homo), [who] dies, and of the son of man, [who] is given grass? Isaiah 51:12.

'Grass given to the son of man' is factual knowledge that gives rise to falsity. In David,

Do not put your trust in princes, in the son of man who has no salvation. Psalms 146:3.

'Princes' are primary truths, 2089, 5044, and so in the contrary sense primary falsities, while 'the son of man' is falsity itself.

  
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